ThursdayNov 21, 2024
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed.
To think is to differ.
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.
The law is a horrible business.
I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
There is no such thing as justice in or out of court.
Some day I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
None meet life honestly and few heroically.
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't.
Oh Life: The first half is ruined by your parents, and the second half is ruined by your kids.
The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
The pursuit of truth shall set you free even if you never catch up with it.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I beginning to believe it.
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
There is no such thing as justice-in or out of court.
History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to.
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
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