Better Angels Quotes

14 quotes by 12 authors

the better angels of our nature — Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals… — Felix Frankfurter
The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow. — George H. W. Bush
I leave pansies, the symbolic flower of freethought, in memory of the Great Agnostic, Robert Ingersoll, who stood for equality, education, progress, free ideas and… — Bruce Springsteen
People are complicated creatures. On the one hand, capable of great acts of charity, and on the other, capable of the most underhanded forms of… — Mary Alice
He was the keynote speaker for our better angels. — Andrew Cuomo
In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. — James Earl Jones
Perchance God will pity a race that sought the better angels of its nature and found only its lesser demons. — Robert Breault
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts. — Jim Leach
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The… — Abraham Lincoln
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet… — Abraham Lincoln
Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may… — James L. Buckley
By celebrating death, even of someone as evil as bin Laden, we let our worst impulses trump what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of… — Jonathan Zimmerman
Anyone else reading The Better Angels of Our Nature? Butter, this book. — John Cho

Who Wrote These Better Angels Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 14 Better Angels Quotes as follows: