All Quotes
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Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.John Maynard Keynes
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.William J. H. Boetcker
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.Dorothy Nevill
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.David Friedman
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.Harry S Truman
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.Hubert H. Humphrey
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.Albert Einstein
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.Voltaire