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We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing


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MOHANDAS GANDHI I've had affairs. But I'm not the sort of man who has 10,000 affairs.
GERARD DEPARDIEU No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a ...
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BEN JOHNSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
BEN JONSON I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
WILLIAM FAULKNER The indolence I love is not that of a lazy fellow who sits with his arms across in total inaction, a...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU Once a man holds public office he is absolutely no good for honest work.
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BRENT JONES Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you mer...
BUDDHA Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you mer...
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ROBERT HEINLEIN There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you th...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfor...
ALBERT EINSTEIN The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfor...
ALBERT EINSTEIN A politician who has no compassion is nothing but an evil apparition; he is just a ghost, not a real...
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ROBERT BADINTER No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow t...
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FRIEDRICH ENGELS If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not g...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.
ANTONIN SCALIA The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATO The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men
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LEE CAMP The plight of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil man
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VOLTAIRE To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything...
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THOMAS JEFFERSON Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs n...
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that ...
JULIA CAMERON Why is it that good times aren't permitted to last? Especially when we have put in so much time and ...
LESLIE W.P. GARLAND For there's no motion That tends to vice in man, but I affirm It is the woman's part.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It takes so little to undermine public confidence in a man.
AGATHA CHRISTIE To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything...
WILLIAM GOLDING I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.
HELEN GAHAGAN No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, b...
GUSTAVE MOREAU There is nothing in human affairs that is a true subject for ridicule. Beneath comedy lies the ferme...
GABRIEL CHEVALLIER Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.
RON SILVER There's nothing more frightening than a half-baked do-gooder who knows nothing of the world but take...
EIJI YOSHIKAWA Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it...
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REX TILLERSON Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven for the lazy, but we allow eight to ...
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RAMANA MAHARSHI It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.
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IOANNA HAWKINS A man who does not respect his own mother is absolutely no good.
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JOHN STEINBECK I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedicatio...
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ARISTOTLE Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well a...
SAMUEL JOHNSON In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promi...
CHARLES EDISON Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
AMBROSE BIERCE This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an ide...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Nothing is more alluring to a man than a woman who looks good in her jeans.
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THOMAS CARLYLE We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different.
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