Quotes 41 till 60 of 1254.
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
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It is by patience and self-control that the truly heroic character is perfected.
Character Ch. VI -
Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trenchcoat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it againBringing It All Back Home (1965) -
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.
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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.
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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
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Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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Prostitution, when unmotivated by economic need, might well be defined as a species of psychological addiction, built on self-hatred through repetitions of the act of sale by which a whore is defined.
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Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.
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Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Self-denial is not a virtue, it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
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Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.
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Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
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Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.
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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.
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The government is supposed to conform to our will. By taking the most important thing you have, your health and your health care, and turning that over to the government, you fundamentally shift the power, a huge chunk of it, from the people to the government. This is not the direction that we want the government to go in this nation.
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