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Reinhold Niebuhr: Democracies are indeed...

Reinhold Niebuhr: Democracies are indeed...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and...

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Theodore Parker: The books that...

Theodore Parker: The books that...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Grudge no expense...

Maria Weston Chapman: Grudge no expense...

Grudge no expense -- yield to no opposition -- forget fatigue -- till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the...

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Angelina Grimke: I trust the...

Angelina Grimke: I trust the...

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor [sic] to children will be deemed the most honorable...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: What was the...

Fannie Lou Hamer: What was the...

What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it seemed like they'd been...

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Ezra Taft Benson: Unless we do...

Ezra Taft Benson: Unless we do...

Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him.

Source: In The...

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Siddha Nagarjuna: An anthill increases...

Siddha Nagarjuna: An anthill increases...

An anthill increases by accumulation.
Medicine is consumed by distribution.
That which is feared lessens by...

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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: If one permits...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: If one permits...

If one permits an infidel to continue in his role as a corrupter of the earth, his moral suffering will be all the...

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Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.

Source:...

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Belva Lockwood: I do not...

Belva Lockwood: I do not...

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade -- or that modesty and virtue are more...

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The way to...

The way to...

The way to write is well, and how is your own business.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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The best headlines...

The best headlines...

The best headlines never fi

Source: In Treasury of Humorous Quotations, eds....

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No amount of...

No amount of...

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate...

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Unless democracy is...

Unless democracy is...

Unless democracy is to commit suicide by consenting to its own destruction, it will have to find some formidable...

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When men can...

When men can...

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

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Poetry is what...

Poetry is what...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Source: In E. Anthony, O Rare Don...

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If women believed...

If women believed...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more...

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A very unclubable...

A very unclubable...

A very unclubable man.

Source: Referring to Sir John Hawkins. Life of Johnson, (J....

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Being in a...

Being in a...

Being in a ship is being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Source: quoted...

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ELPHINSTON. What, have...

ELPHINSTON. What, have...

ELPHINSTON. What, have you not read it through? . . .
JOHNSON. No, Sir, do you read books...

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