That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected. Thomas Jefferson
On Congress, 1821 (1743-1826).(Investor’s Business Daily, November 25, 1998)
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our …
We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be e pluribus unum- out of one, many. Al Gore
Quoted in Investors Business Daily,10/25/1996. E Pluribus Unum is the motto on the Great Seal of the United States of America, and is Latin for ‘out of many, one,’ not ‘out of one, many.’
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat …
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’…
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865), 16th president of the United States.
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Remember that time is money.
Benjamin Franklin
Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748.1706-1790
If he has abandoned the things he believes in so very easily, …
If he has abandoned the things he believes in so very easily, just imagine how easily he will abandon the things in which he doesn’t believe. Margaret Thatcher
On an opponent who had thrown socialism overboard and embraced a centrist agenda, as reported in National Review, September 30, 1996
Free speech has never meant free of consequences. Even aside from laws …
Free speech has never meant free of consequences. Even aside from laws against libel or extortion, you can insult your boss or your spouse only at your own risk. Thomas Sowell
History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme a lot. Mark …
History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme a lot.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)
As the people of the Soviet Union eventually discovered, there is no …
As the people of the Soviet Union eventually discovered, there is no economic policy that can deceive the law of honest dealing. Those who permit worthless currency or faithless debts to be issued in their name will pay eventually. Thomas G. Donlan
Barron’s, April 30, 2001
Buy old masters. They bring better prices than young mistresses. Lord Beaverbrook (…
Buy old masters. They bring better prices than young mistresses. Lord Beaverbrook
(1879-1964)