Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-01-23 Jan 23, 2001No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed.~ Helen KellerHistory teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.~ Abba Eban Jan 22, 2001What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.~ Voltaire Jan 19, 2001Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.~ Benjamin FranklinThe shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.~ StendhalMake yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you.~ Benjamin Franklin Jan 18, 2001Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.~ Thomas PaineThe evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.~ John HayHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.~ Anne Frank Jan 17, 2001When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.~ Edmund BurkeWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.~ Benjamin Franklin Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print