Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side. Anonymous1 I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical2 to remove all that is bad. I se...

Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure1 in office and their legacy2 could not be more different. Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2...

Learning is not attained1 by chance, it must be sought for with ardor2 and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), 1780 It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends...

What luck for rulers that men do not think. Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without playing up to anyone - even to himself. Andre Malraux (1901 - 1976) The...

I dont think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography1, 1977 Ambition is a poor exc...

Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances1 may not arise for the redress2 of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if the...

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950), Americans and Others, 1912 He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh. Anonymous1, (wrongly attributed to the Koran) We laugh a lot. Thats for su...

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. [info][add][mail][note]Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), letter to John Adams, 1774 He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met...

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965) If we value the pursuit of knowledge,...

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Lion and the Mouse The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty...