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One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even…

— Otto von Bismarck

I'm a Christian because Christianity names and addresses sin. It acknowledges the reality that the evil we observe in the world is also present…

— Rachel Held Evans

A social group can, indeed must, already exercise 'leadership' before winning governmental power (this is indeed one of the principal conditions for the winning…

— Antonio Gramsci

Experiences in order to be educative must lead out into an expanding world of subject matter, a subject matter of facts or information and…

— John Dewey

The so-called evils are evils only in relation to a certain thing, and that which is evil in relation to a certain existing thing,…

— Maimonides

Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter, not with vain repetitions, but with urgent repetitions. We repeat, not to…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can be done in only…

— Mikhail Bakunin

The God in whose hands are all our days and ways, did cast into my hand one day a book of Martin Luthers; it…

— John Bunyan

A good aim surveys the present state of experience of pupils, and forming a tentative plan of treatment, keeps the plan constantly in view…

— John Dewey

The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population.

— John Stuart Mill

History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are…

— Marc Bloch

I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it…

— Laura Regan

It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a…

— Dacia Maraini

Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution.

— Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest…

— Ludwig von Mises