“Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all it combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor. In this partnership all men have equal rights; but not to equal things.” MenWisdomPoliticsForceCan DoEconomyRightsSkillsEqualFairsFavorsCombinationLiberalismPortionsPartnershipEqual RightsTrespassing Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)
“What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.” MenDoeWisdomPoliticsNationsCan DoEconomyHe ManLiberalism Book:History as Literature and Other Essays Source: History as Literature and Other Essays
“Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties that subscribe to antimoral and antidemocratic and anti-God forces. We must have the courage to detach our support from men who are doing evil. We must bear them no hatred, but we must break with them.” MenWisdomEvilPoliticsForceCan DoPartyBreakSupportEconomyBearsHatredHarmCompromiseLiberalismGood WillAnti God Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Violence, less and less embarrassed by the limits imposed by centuries of lawfulness, is brazenly and victoriously striding across the whole world, unconcerned that its infertility has been demonstrated and proved many times in history. What is more, it is not simply crude power that triumphs abroad, but its exultant justification. The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, justice nothing.” WorldHas BeensWholeWisdomPoliticsCan DoJusticeEconomyViolenceCenturyLimitsConvictionWhole WorldTriumphLiberalismJustificationEmbarrassedCrudeBrazenInfertilityUnconcernedLawfulness Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient where there is no redress. The mighty can do no more, and the wise seldom do as much. ... I am resolved to make the best of all circumstances around me, that this short life may not be half lost in pains ... Between the periods of birth and burial, I would fain insert a little happiness, a little pleasure, a little peace: to-day is ours, yesterday is past, and to-morrow may never come.” MayLittlesPhilosophyWisdomPainPastLostEasyCan DoPleasureHalfWiseAcceptanceBirthPeriodsCircumstancesDrinkPatientYesterdayGladEndeavorMerryBeing WiseMorrowShort LifeBurialInsertRedress Author:Elizabeth Montagu
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.” MenWisdomFunCan DoTreatsGet BackKnocked DownMeasure Of A ManTrue Measure Of A Man Author:Vince Lombardi