“The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.” MenWorldLittlesArtPhilosophyOpinionHistoryJudgmentCourtAppeals Book:The Varieties of Religious Experience Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience
“The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.” LifeWellsInspirationPastMemoriesHistoryDangerForgivenessPrisonAppealsImitationRemembranceRepetitionGlamourCradleContinuation Book:The Voice of Jerusalem Source: The Voice of Jerusalem
“The repeated claim before the 'seizure of power' - that the NSDAP, as a national social-revolutionary movement, and not simply another political party... would create new bonds of unity through its elimination and transcending of the party system, was highly attractive and conveyed much of Nazism's dynamic appeal.” PoliticalSocialPartyHistoryMovementClaimsUnityAppealsRevolutionaryAttractivePolitical PartiesNazismEliminationNazi GermanyTranscendingSeizures Book:THE Source: THE
“Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.” MenGivingMaySelfInterestNatureHistoryAppealsSelf Interest Book:Time Enough for Love Source: Time Enough for Love
“We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.” WarHistoryGenerationsTerribleSickAppealsPassing AwayAmerican Civil WarSo Sick Author:William Tecumseh Sherman