Posted by
BECOLBY on Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:46:47 AM
What can I say? There have been many very smart people before us and they were kind enough to leave behind some of their wisdom.
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
Hesketh Pearson, Common Misquotations (1934), Introduction
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.
Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.
Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.
John Adams
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
John Adams, Journal, 1772
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
Aristotle