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A E Housman: Perfect understanding will...

A E Housman: Perfect understanding will...

Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

Source: In...

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Hugo L Black: Our Constitution was...

Hugo L Black: Our Constitution was...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive...

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Arthur J Goldberg: The trick is...

Arthur J Goldberg: The trick is...

The trick is to be there when it's settled.

Source: Responding to a question from...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

Source: Letter to Jean Le...

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William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Antonin Scalia: [In a big...

Antonin Scalia: [In a big...

[In a big family] the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot...

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John Selden: They that govern...

John Selden: They that govern...

They that govern the most, make least noise.

Source: Table Talk.
-- John Selden,...

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Alexander Cockburn: There is never...

Alexander Cockburn: There is never...

There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and...

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Clarence Darrow: As long as...

Clarence Darrow: As long as...

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would...

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Clarence Darrow: I have never...

Clarence Darrow: I have never...

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.

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Clarence Darrow: You can protect...

Clarence Darrow: You can protect...

You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am...

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Ralph Nader: I start with...

Ralph Nader: I start with...

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more...

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Ralph Nader: President Reagan was...

Ralph Nader: President Reagan was...

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that...

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Charles Hamilton Houston: A Negro has...

Charles Hamilton Houston: A Negro has...

A Negro has handicaps enough without having to pay taxes to support the education of white students to learn how to...

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William Jennings Bryan: The humblest citizen...

William Jennings Bryan: The humblest citizen...

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: The fact is...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: The fact is...

The fact is that men need women more than women need men; and so, aware of this fact, man has sought to keep woman...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: Men insist that...

Elizabeth Gould Davis: Men insist that...

Men insist that they don't mind women succeeding so long as they retain their femininity. Yet the qualities that men...

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Albert Schweitzer: Truth has no...

Albert Schweitzer: Truth has no...

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always.

Source: In My...

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John Paul Jones: I have not...

John Paul Jones: I have not...

I have not yet begun to fight.

Source: Retort when informed his ship was sinking...

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Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

Source: On children.
-- Dr Seuss, (Mar 2 1904-1991),...

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