Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“It's not the most advanced society we should be aiming to build that only cares for efficiency, rather our aim should be… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Thus the criminal ceases to be a person, a subject of rights and duties, and becomes merely an object on which society… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Children who are respected learn respect. Children who are cared for learn to care for those weaker than themselves. Children who are… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Science can give us only the tools in the box, these mechanical miracles that it has already given us. But of what… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The difference between that which is humane and that which is patriotic is a vital difference. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is not only highly desirable but necessary that there should be legislation which shall carefully shield the interests of wage-workers, and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Each day we wake up and make myriad choices that affect others. We clothe ourselves with shirts, pants, and shoes that may… — Zoe Weil Copy Share Image
An unreflective passion for social justice may be one of the biggest obstacles to creating peace and prosperity in the 21st century.… — Michael Strong Copy Share Image
The "hairy quadruped furnished with a tail and, pointed ears, probably arboreal in his habits," this good fellow carried hidden in his… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Culture is activity of thought, and receptiveness to beauty and humane feeling. Scraps of information have nothing to do with it. A… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“We should not be surprised that more and more people feel comfortable about consuming animal products. After all, they are being assured… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
I know that the blacks, take them half enlightened and ignorant, are more humane and merciful than the most enlightened and refined… — David Walker Copy Share Image
The facilities for advanced education must be evened out and multiplied. No one who can take advantage of a higher education should… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
A well-designed and humane interface does not have to be split into beginner and expert subsystems. — Jef Raskin Copy Share Image
We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Of course, literature is the only spiritual and humane career. Even painting tends to dumness, and music turns people erotic, whereas the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
These are the times for real choices and not false ones. We are at the moment when our lives must be placed… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Publishers are humane men, and rarely commit crimes. Authors, however, are a hardened set, who usually perpertrate a felony every time they… — Robert Barr Copy Share Image
You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
