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All Quotes Collection
"Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment."
82
"We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it."
58
"Trust should be the basis for all our moral training."
52
"To get a hold on boys you must be their friend."
92
"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."
39
"The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond."
112
"Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader."
55
"If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk."
62
"An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual."
56
"The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country."
149
"I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire."
30
"The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target."
45
"We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion."
29
"Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became."
41
"I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was."
46
"In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and shoulders, but he can't move his arms. If he could just turn on that power to his legs and arms, the nerves could get through and he could walk."
57
"Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament."
53
"Phillip Harrison was the production designer, though, I think he's uncredited. He's done most of my films like Blue Thunder. Lots and lots over the years."
49
"The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably."
41
"There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes."
38
"Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests."
36
"Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me."
46
"Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism."
54
"A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by the order of creation. Universal: that which can interest, rightly, every human individual, according to his pure humanity."
35
"I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that."
40
"When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens."
38
"War doesn't need more participants. It needs fewer participants."
40
"The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like."
41
"The government never does anything successfully."
39
"On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War."
45
"If we really want liberty - if we really want liberty - then we need to go out and get it, we need to take it, because nobody is going to give it to us. And we need to do it now."
52
"I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself."
43
"Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment."
43
"Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution."
46
"Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs."
45
"Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights."
37
"NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty."
44
"I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property."
41
"The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves."
48
"In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899."
57
"Then I was president of the Bakelite Corporation from 1910 to 1930."
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