When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1918
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It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.
—Thomas Hardy, 1874Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men, but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
—Joseph Addison, 1711Gambling is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
—George Washington, 1783What is life but organized energy?
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1958Despotism achieves great things illegally; democracy doesn’t even take the trouble to achieve small things legally.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1831To gaze upon a drop of water is to behold the nature of all the waters of the universe.
—Huangbo Xiyun, c. 850In real friendship the judgment, the genius, the prudence of each party become the common property of both.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1787Sooner or later if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere, it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.
—Edith Hamilton, 1930If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
—Rudy Giuliani, 1999Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
—Lord Acton, 1887Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the grand climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.
—Jean Baudrillard, 1987