“I do not regard the rise of woman as a bad sign. Rather do I fancy that her traditional subordination was itself an artificial and undesirable condition based on Oriental influences. Our virile Teutonic ancestors did not think their wives unworthy to follow them into battle, or scorn to dream of winged Valkyries bearing them to Valhalla.” ThinkingDreamWomenWifeInfluenceConditionsBattleRegardTraditionalFancyAncestorArtificialScornUnworthyUndesirableSubordinationValhalla Book:Selected Letters 1934-1937 Source: Selected Letters 1934-1937
“The botanist looks upon the astronomer as a being unworthy of his regard; and he that is glowing great and happy by electrifying a bottle wonders how the world can be engaged by trifling prattle about war and peace.” WorldLooksWarWonderRegardEngagedLook UpComparisonBottlesUnworthyGlowingAstronomersTrifling Author:Samuel Johnson
“The worst effect of party is its tendency to generate narrow, false, and illiberal prejudices, by teaching the adherents of one party to regard those that belong to an opposing party as unworthy of confidence.” PartyTeachingWorstEffectsPrejudiceRegardTendenciesUnworthyOpposing Author:Dorothea Brande
“Madam, if your son were to come home and try to shirk duty, you ought to shut your door in his face and treat him as a renegade unworthy of your name or regard.” IfsTryingWarHomeFacesNamesDoorsSonDutyOughtTreatsRegardComing HomeUnworthyYour SonShirkRenegades Author:Stonewall Jackson
“You English are like mad bulls... you see red everywhere! What on earth has come over you, to heap on us such suspicion as is unworthy of a great nation. I regard this as a personal insult... You make it uncommonly difficult for a man to remain friendly to England.” MenEarthNationsDifficultRedEnglandRegardMadInsultFriendlyOver YouSuspicionBullsUnworthyGreat NationsInsults You Author:Wilhelm II
“It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of the unworthy. It is too easy. History bears testimony that by such disregard are the rights of liberty extinguished, heedlessly at first, then stealthily, and brazenly in the end.” FirstsEndsLightPoliticalEasyLibertyRightsBearsRegardTyrannyTestimonyBehalfUnworthyDisregardCivil LibertiesInsistence Author:Felix Frankfurter