It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (1907-1988)
“The price good people pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” Plato
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy." Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one."
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one."
Winston Churchill
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." Stephen Bishop
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." Paul Keating
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music.." Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But, this wasn't it." Groucho Marx |
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Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt. George Sewell, physician and writer (1690-1736)
We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others. Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)
Courts determine questions of law and not justice and even that is questionable. William M. Turner, (1939- ) The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)
The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, scientist and philosopher (1742-1799)
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience. Hartley Shawcross, barrister, politician, and prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal (1902-2003)
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