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Man Quotes


"All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart."


"America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed."


"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."



"Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism."


"I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them."


"I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere."


"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."



"A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing."


"I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization."


"If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage."


"No one yet knows what a man's province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial."



"The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of man's redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation."


"Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly."


"Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive."


"When I was a young man, I was overly sensitive to things, and I found it difficult to eat when I was nervous."
Man,


"I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men."


"I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man."


"The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry."
Man,


"The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout."


"The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple."


"Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior."



"I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one."


"Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men."


"It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."


"Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself."


"It is true that women tend to be more identified with their bodies because in this crazy world, both men and women measure women's value as human beings in relationship to their physical appearance."


"There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men."



"Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?"


"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."


"Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake."
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