“By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority . . .” TryingCoursesCostAuthorityStandardsClaimsPrejudiceAppealsScholarVirtuousCheatWorldlyScholarshipPublic Life Book:Science and Human Values Source: Science and Human Values
“The road toward equality of freedom is not easy, and great cost and danger march alongside us. We are committed to peaceful and nonviolent change, and that is important for all to understand - though all change is unsettling. Still, even in the turbulence of protest and struggle is greater hope for the future, as men learn to claim and achieve for themselves the rights formerly petitioned from others.” MenStillsImportantEasyStruggleGreaterRightsAchieveDangerCostClaimsCommittedPeacefulProtestMarchHope For The FutureTurbulence Book:RFK: collected speeches Source: RFK: collected speeches
“The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.” MadeCountryGrowthHalfFictionTeamEconomicCostClaimsPaidDollarsProsperityTranslateStimulusFuture Growth Author:Karl Rove
“Men can comfortably claim credit for what they do as long as they don't veer into arrogance. For women, taking credit comes at a real social and professional cost.” MenLongRealSocialCostClaimsCreditArrogance Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates
“At the beginning of his administration, Obama homed right in on Medicare, which he wanted to fix by reducing the overall cost of health care in this country. He risked everything - some would claim he lost everything - by being so single-minded.” CountryCareWantedLostCostClaimsAdministrationHealth CareReducingMedicareLost Everything Author:Gail Collins
“No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or which idol or which city was the truly holy one. Thus, the only thing that should be upheld at all costs and without qualification is the right of free expression, because if that goes, then so do all other claims of right as well.” IfsShouldWellsBookAbleCitiesExpressionHolyCostClaimsSacredMereIdolsQualificationsPrimatesFree Expression Author:Christopher Hitchens