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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
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In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.
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In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.
Source: Woodward and Bernstein. The Final Days, chapter 14 (1976) -
In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them.
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In high school in the early Sixties, I dreamed of intellectual work by women that would match the highest male standards and set men on their ear. A lot of women have done a lot of academic work since then, but most of them fall short of that standard.
Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992) -
In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!
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In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
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In my opinion we learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. We study it, as we listen to music or read poetry, for pleasure, not for instruction
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In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
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In my opinion, parsons are very like other men, neither the better nor the worse for wearing a black gown.
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In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to show their powers of painting.
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In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
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In other restaurants you'll see employees signing to each other, since we also hire many deaf men and women.
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In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.
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In our Country one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.
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In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.
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