“Persons in great stations have seldom their true character drawn till several years after their death. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunities of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.” YearsPersonsEndsDoneCharacterOpportunityJusticePartyKnowingVirtueGreatnessFaultsCeaseEngagedStationsDispositionEnmityTrue CharacterKnowing The Truth Book:Essays Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste Source: Essays Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste
“the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.” PeopleThinkingArtGovernmentPoliticalProcessPartyVisionImpossibleRiskModernProduceExpressionRepublicanDiversityEssenceMajorityDemocratEngagedSpiteExplorationOverwhelmingPolitical PartiesBoldnessAntithesisRepublicanismBoldness And Courage Author:Marya Mannes
“Calumny is a monstrous vice: for, where parties indulge in it, there are always two that are actively engaged in doing wrong, and one who is subject to injury. The calumniator inflicts wrong by slandering the absent; he who gives credit to the calumny before he has investigated the truth is equally implicated. The person traduced is doubly injured--first by him who propagates, and secondly by him who credits the calumny.” GivingFirstsPersonsTwoPartySubjectsTruth IsVicesCreditEngagedInjuryIndulgeAbsentInjuredMonstrousIndulge InCalumnyCalumny Is Author:Herodotus
“Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause to individuals whose own work does not require isolated effort, the writer who is engaged on a book must learn to say it. He must say it consistently to all interrupters; to the numerous callers and correspondents who want him to speak, open bazaars, see them for 'only' ten minutes, attend literary parties, put people up, or read, correct and find publishers for semi-literate manuscripts by his personal friends.” PeopleWantMayPersonsDoeBookCertainIndividualSpeakCausesPartyEffortMinutesTenEngagedIsolatedConsistentlyNeverthelessPublishersImaginativeHatefulSaying NoManuscriptsWant HimOffenceInterruptionsBazaars Author:Vera Brittain
“I have achieved what I set out to achieve when I took over the leadership. The Greens have gone from strength to strength with solid election results and a growing, engaged party membership.” ResultsPartyGoneGrowingAchieveElectionEngagedMembershipElection Results Author:Christine Milne
“The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.” PassionEvilCausesPartyViolenceAmbitionGreedLustEngagedContentionLust For Power Book:The Landmark Thucydides Source: The Landmark Thucydides
“All of our panelists are deeply engaged in the topics at hand, so that leaves me free to convene a little dinner party, sans alcohol, and invite the rest of America to listen in.” LittlesHandsAmericaPartyDinnerAlcoholEngagedInvitesTopicsLeaving MeDinner Party Author:Gwen Ifill