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All Quotes Collection
"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."
76
"Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart."
69
"The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong."
54
"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""
71
"The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell."
52
"The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law."
58
"All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil."
86
"The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection."
47
"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government."
69
"No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion."
57
"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished."
61
"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual."
63
"It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong."
63
"He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn."
60
"As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends."
68
"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."
177
"The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps."
33
"Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps."
70
"Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas."
49
"I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible."
48
"I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government."
18
"Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
30
"Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one."
31
"There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world."
35
"Nothing can be said, including this statement, that has not been said before."
22
"Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities."
39
"When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase."
32
"Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine."
Mind,
65
"Miracles happen to those who believe in them."
57
"I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours."
47
"Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training."
40
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago."
39
"Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second."
42
"You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature."
36
"Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope."
53
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