Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-08-12 Aug 12, 2002History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.~ Abba Eban Aug 9, 2002No 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 Keller Aug 8, 2002What 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 Aug 7, 2002The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.~ Herbert SpencerThe whole earth is in jail and we're plotting this incredible jailbreak.~ Wavy Gravy Aug 6, 2002The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend on God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.~ George Washington Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print