Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2005-01-31 Jan 31, 2005No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.~ Theodore RooseveltThe whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.~ Thomas JeffersonTry this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a United States with political power centralized in Washington, powerful government agencies with detailed information on Americans and compliant states or power widely dispersed over 50 states, thousands of local jurisdictions and a limited federal government?~ Walter E. Williams Jan 28, 2005There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy. All information is imperfect. We have to treat it with humility.~ Jacob BronowskiWithout seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared and sold in packages ready for use. Truth must be ground for every man by itself out of it such, with such help as he can get, indeed, but not without stern labor of his own.~ John RuskinThe man who views the world at 50 the same way he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.~ Mohammed Ali Jan 27, 2005An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.~ Thomas JeffersonNothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonWho shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Jan 26, 2005A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers -- and this is the basis of all human morality.~ John F. KennedyIt is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.~ Immanuel KantThere are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.~ Napoleon Bonaparte Jan 25, 2005Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.~ Henry ClayPerhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.~ Thomas S. MonsonIf everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.~ Molière Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print