“It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us.” LawCausesWeaknessAgreeRighteousnessConfession Author:Al Smith
“The thing we have to fear in this country, to my way of thinking, is the influence of the organized minorities, because somehow or other the great majority does not seem to organize. They seem to feel that they are going to be effective because of their own strength, but they give no expression of it.” ThinkingWayGivingFeelsDoeCountrySeemsInfluenceExpressionMajorityMy WayOrganizedMinoritiesOrganizeWay Of Thinking Author:Al Smith
“Ironically, the only gun control in 19th century England was the policy forbidding police to have arms while on duty.” CenturyPolicyDutyArmsGunEnglandPoliceGun Control19th CenturyDisarmament Author:Don Kates
“I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.” ShouldPleasureEnemyForgivingChecksCuriousMorbid Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
“No legal tender law is ever needed to make men take good money; its only use is to make them take bad money.” MenUseLawNeededEconomicsCorruptionGood Money Author:Steven T. Byington
“To have the power of forgetting, for the time, self, friends, interests, relationship; and to think of doing right toward another, a stranger, an enemy, perhaps, is to have that which men can share only with the angels, and with Him who is above men and angels.” ThinkingMenSelfInterestJusticeForgetEnemyShareAngelStrangerDoing Right Author:David Dudley Field II
“To be afraid is the miserable condition of a coward. To do wrong, or omit to do right from fear, is to superadd delinquency to cowardice.” ConditionsMiserableCowardCowardiceDelinquency Author:David Dudley Field II
“Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined.” MenHumansGovernmentForceKnownRaisesCommandCombinationAgencyMore MoneyHuman Society Author:David Dudley Field II
“The union of the states is indissoluble; the country is undivided and indivisible forever.” CountryStatesForeverUnionsIndivisible Author:David Dudley Field II
