(109 quotes found)
“The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.”
Abraham Lincoln
“No law is stronger than is the public sentiment where it is to be enforced.”
“I am glad to know that there is a system of labor where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would like to God that such a system prevailed all over the world”
“Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice”
“What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried”
“A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.”
“Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her”
“Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men”
“Avoid popularity if you would have peace.”
“Interruptions can be viewed as sources of irritation or opportunities for service, as moments lost or experience gained, as time wasted or horizons widened. They can annoy us or enrich us, get under our skin or give us a shot in the arm. Monopolize our minutes or spice our schedules, depending on our attitude toward them.”
William Arthur Ward
