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Jefferson Davis: Never be haughty...

Jefferson Davis: Never be haughty...

Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.

Source: Speech, Richmond...

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Haile Selassie: It is much...

Haile Selassie: It is much...

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

Source: c....

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Mao Tse-Tung: So long as...

Mao Tse-Tung: So long as...

So long as a person who has made mistakes. . . honestly and sincerely wishes to be cured and to mend his ways, we...

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau: My life is...

Pierre Elliott Trudeau: My life is...

My life is one long curve, full of turning points.

Source: in New Yorker, 5 Jul...

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William Lamb Melbourne: [F]riends praise your...

William Lamb Melbourne: [F]riends praise your...

[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for...

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Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

The Queen is most anxious to enlist every one who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

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Queen Victoria: We are not...

Queen Victoria: We are not...

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

Source:...

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James I: These are rare...

James I: These are rare...

These are rare attainments for a damsel, but pray tell me, can she spin?

Source: On...

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James I: No Bishop, no...

James I: No Bishop, no...

No Bishop, no King.

Source: On his belief that a non-episcopal form of church...

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Edmund Burke: Politics and the...

Edmund Burke: Politics and the...

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Source: Reflections...

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: Pride defeats its...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: Pride defeats its...

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into...

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: We can only...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: We can only...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: A room without...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: A room without...

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Source: From Charades, an...

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Claude Pepper: If more politicians...

Claude Pepper: If more politicians...

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be...

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Dianne Feinstein: You have to...

Dianne Feinstein: You have to...

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play it better than anyone...

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Dianne Feinstein: Ninety percent of...

Dianne Feinstein: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

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Spiro T Agnew: An intellectual is...

Spiro T Agnew: An intellectual is...

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

Source:...

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Geraldine Ferraro: I should have...

Geraldine Ferraro: I should have...

I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.

Source: On initial...

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Tony Benn: Broadcasting is really...

Tony Benn: Broadcasting is really...

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

Source: In The...

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Edward M Kennedy: Well, here I...

Edward M Kennedy: Well, here I...

Well, here I don't go again.

Source: On decision not to run in 1988 presidential...

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