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Quote by Alger Hiss

“Three years in jail is a good corrective for three years at Harvard.”

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Alger Hiss was an American lawyer born on November 11, 1904, and died on November 15, 1996. He played a significant role in the United States' diplomatic and intelligence circles in the mid-20th century. more

“Today we reject the notion of equality between a regime that belongs to the democratic world - even if it is conservative and disagreeable - and a totalitarian dictatorship, whether its colors are black, red, or green. This is why we will never again say that Chamberlain is no better than Hitler, Roosevelt no better than Stalin, and Nixon no better than Mao Zedong, even if we do condemn Roosevelt for Yalta, Chamberlain for Munich, and Nixon for Watergate.”

Ifs World Today Black Color Red Green Democratic Notion Conservative Rejects Regimes Dictatorship Disagreeable Mao Watergate Munich Chamberlain

Author:Adam Michnik

“Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.”

Men Wells Art Two Home Today Can Do Fashion Married Dollars Cooks Cheer Engineering Paychecks Squad Housekeepers

Author:Duke of Wellington

“To get nowhere, follow the crowd.”

Crowds

Author:Paul Frank Baer

“To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.”

Enough Whole Night Grows Growing Up Whole Life One Night

Book:The Abruzzo Trilogy

Source: The Abruzzo Trilogy

“To keep hope alive one must, in spite of all mistakes, horrors, and crimes, recognize the obvious superiority of the socialist camp.”

Mistake Alive Crime Horror Obvious Spite Camps Socialist Superiority Keeping Hope

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.”

Principles Prejudice Lays Whim Destitute

Author:Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

“To my knowledge, no progressive educator has ever suggested that children didn't need to know the "mere facts" about the contributions of African Americans to our society.”

Knows Needs Children Facts Mere African American Contribution Our Society Progressive Educator

Book:Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice

Source: Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice

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