Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage.
William Lloyd Garrison
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Men's moral principles are weak enough without their being made subordinate to selfishness; and ... LYSANDER SPOONER A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their g... SYDNEY SMITH There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the grea... MARGOT ASQUITH There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the grea... MARGOT ASQUITH PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convict... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinio... SAMUEL ADAMS I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions. JUNIUS The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS When men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their id... WALTER LIPPMANN Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it. They have decided that it is entirely ri... EMMELINE PANKHURST In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Rise of Science Denialism The problem is, in a world where some people (even in the USA, ... CHRISTINA ENGELA It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be ent... NORMAN ANGELL It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be ent... NORMAN ANGELL How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable be... JOHN BURNS I have met so many heartbroken men. It's a catastrophe. Women are easily overcome by the process tha... C. JOYBELL C. Judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them. GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the ... ROBERT F. KENNEDY Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the ... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their peers, the censure of their colleagues, the wr... ROBERT F. KENNEDY No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. RONALD REAGAN Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; no... W.E.B. DU BOIS The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad y... JOHN CIARDI The seven astronauts on board were accomplished women and men of great courage who put their extraor... JEAN CHRETIEN Today the same thing over. I've got it up the tree again. MARK TWAIN Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY But I don't doubt it will be essentially the same type of crime. The details may be different, but t... AGATHA CHRISTIE Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed op... FRANCIS BACON Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed op... FRANCIS BACON, SR. William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going throug... RAND PAUL 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men ap... BUDDHA Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as th... JOHN TILLOTSON Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. LEONARDO DA VINCI Resolved, That the compact which exists between the North and the
South is a covenant with death an... WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. CONFUCIUS The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE Everything we men do, everything we men have done for the past 100,000 years, is all about attractin... OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY Do not open your minds to the filtering of the fallacious doctrine that it is less infamous to murde... JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG-ACTON This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the ai... EUGENE MCCARTHY This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the ai... EUGENE J. MCCARTHY Seek no authority over the lives of men; of that the Omniwill is master. Nor seek authority over the... MIKHAIL NAIMY Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains u... EDMUND BURKE It is contrary to the usual practice of professional men to give their opinions upon each other's wo... JOHN SMEATON Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love. ARISTOTLE Anything man can make, man can destroy. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, show... ROBERT BADEN-POWELL The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head. BIBLE The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. SAMUEL JOHNSON Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men n... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG All my life, I've understood the nature of where I come from, but I never thought it might be wicked... BRENNA YOVANOFF Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opi... JOHN MILTON Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opi... JOHN MILTON Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions JAMES MACKINTOSH Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Police business is a hell of a problem. It’s a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest ty... RAYMOND CHANDLER It is well to believe that there needs but a little more thought, a little more courage, more love, ... MAURICE MAETERLINCK No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage ... RONALD REAGAN The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the... C. JOYBELL C. A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government... WOODROW WILSON A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great govern... WOODROW WILSON Wise is nice to only good, hearty guys but employs harsh action & bad voice against the wicked women... ANUJ SOMANY Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's privat... PLUTARCH Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent;... WENDELL PHILLIPS It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men which hinders the Christians of... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the ... C. JOYBELL C. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. EDMUND BURKE I saw the error to be, that men think that it will be something seen by the natural eye; but 'tis sp... MARGARET MACDONALD Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for just... SOKE BEHZAD AHMADI Years ago, a group of good, wise, brave, God-fearing men stood up to claim and defend the human righ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made the... NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more a... HENRY ADAMS The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our c... PAUL RICOEUR Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love. ARISTOTLE Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way ... EMILY MAGUIRE What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will no... BRUCE BARTON Knowing when and how to rest is knowing when and how to acknowledge your limitations and your depend... CRAIG GROESCHEL Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this n... GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS I have read of the great wars of ages past, and men slaughtered by the tens of thousands. And we giv... SETH GRAHAME-SMITH
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