Values Quotes

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In late modernity we grow more and more accustomed to politicians and public figures who are indebted to their appetites for their "values," to their… — Kenny Smith
PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it. — Ambrose Bierce
There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others. — Milton Sapirstein
People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of… — Ernie Banks
Successfully reframing the climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values...holds great promise to help… — George Mason
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my… — Ronald Reagan
At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that there is no… — Eric Liu
People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is… — Maya Angelou
Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected… — William O. Douglas
No man can be wise on an empty stomach. — George Eliot
Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement. — Felix Frankfurter
I have great hope for tomorrow. My hope lies in three things-truth, youth, and love. — R. Buckminster Fuller
Perhaps the most striking feature of the [nonprofit] sector is its relative freedom from constraints and its resulting pluralism. — John W. Gardner
The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free. — John W. Gardner
The [nonprofit] sector is the natural home of nonmajoritarian impulses, movements and values. It comfortably harbors innovators, maverick movements, groups which feel they must fight… — John W. Gardner
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by… — Samuel Johnson
So the question rises: How much liberty can you get away with? Well, you get no more liberty than you give! — Will Rogers
Women must have economic and social equality with men. — Margaret Sanger
Here is not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations. — Walt Whitman
Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion. — Marguerite Young
We have been measuring too much in terms of the dollar. What we should do is think in terms of useful materials-things that will be… — Charles Kettering
Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic hedging and betas.… — Warren Buffett
It is only when people can feel that their lives and the property which their industry has produced today will continue to be safe...that there… — Calvin Coolidge
Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present… — Harry S. Truman
The traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but… — E. M. Forster

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