When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. It doesn't demand its own way or speak with moral superiority.… — L. Whitney Clayton Copy Share Image
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . .… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“With the threat of them being potential spies or saboteurs, nobody will argue against our actions, and history itself will vindicate us.” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
There are many, many discrepant views within the Shia theology about what's the proper role of religion in society or in the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Modern Romans insisted that there was only one god, a notion that struck Alobar as comically simplistic. Worse, this Semitic deity was… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
There is in the clergy of all Christian denominations a time-serving, cringing, subservient morality, as wide from the spirit of the gospel… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
