Cockburn's personal history links him to the politics of the Communist Party, and there are still moments in his writing - debating… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to… — Josefina Vazquez Mota Copy Share Image
Public opinion, - a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity; deriving power no one… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
We Can Most Safely Achieve Truly Universal Tolerance When We Respect That Which Is Characteristic In The Individual And In Nations, Clinging,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
True conviction of sin--how difficult it is, when its appearances and modes of life are so fair, when it twines itself so… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
And while we stand with conviction and courage, we must live with compassion. Amid a world with massive social needs around us,… — David Platt Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is our firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever… — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
Whether we live together in confidence and cohesion; with more faith and pride in ourselves and less self-doubt and hesitation; strong in… — Lester B Pearson Copy Share Image
The highest court is in the end one's own conscience and conviction-that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist-and… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
The Left doesn't realize that unless you create a formative culture and a critical consciousness capable of changing the way people think… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“It is the moment when our resolution seems about to become irrevocable - when the fatal iron gates are about to close… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
You should know that what wakes me up at night, what gets me running fast in the morning, and, frankly, what prompts… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
I don't want to limit myself. I want to keep doing all sorts of roles. I guess what lies behind this urge… — Rinko Kikuchi Copy Share Image
Whatever work you undertake, do it seriously, thoroughly and well; never leave it half-done or undone, never feel yourself satisfied unless and… — Syama Prasad Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I cannot say that our country could have no secret police without becoming totalitarian, but I can say with great conviction that… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
My politics were pretty anarchistic until 1969 when the Montreal police went on strike. Within hours, mayhem and rioting broke out and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
Criminal law has to do with relations between the misbehaving individual and his government...Criminal law establishes rules of conduct; their breach, if… — Lawrence M. Friedman Copy Share Image
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Cross cultural… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
There is a hard core of people in the United States who will not be moved, whatever facts you present, from their… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Inside Laila too a battle was being waged : guilt on one side, partnered with shame, and, on the other, the conviction… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Leadership is built on inspirations. Inspiration does both the theoretical and the practical job. By inspiration, people are not only informed to… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as… — Jim Garrison Copy Share Image
We came together [with King Hussein of Jordan] because of a shared sense of idealism, of the value of service to a… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
When you have a strong conviction, you have a duty not to tell people what they want. At least represent yourself and… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
The anger. The terror. The feeling of entrapment. the profound distrust of people.The wistful, plaintive conviction that a window, a thing, was… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
It is safer to quote what is written than what is spoken. What a man writes it is fair to presume he… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The majority of mankind think that they think; they acquiesce, and suppose that they argue; they flatter themselves that they are holding… — E. W. Bullinger Copy Share Image
Conviction is possible only in a world more primitive than ours can be perceived to be. A man can achieve a simply… — John Ciardi Copy Share Image
I do not choose characters because I think, 'Wow, that woman is so strong.' I chose these characters with utmost conviction because… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
Our Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
It is one thing to have sin alarmed only by convictions, and another to have it crucified by converting grace. Many, because… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image