Well Meaning Quotes

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The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for… — Eli Broad
School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or… — Eli Broad
War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You… — Smedley Butler
Don't listen to anyone's advice. Listen to your baby ... There are so many books, doctors, and well-meaning friends and family. We like to say,… — Mayim Bialik
Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally… — Louis D. Brandeis
No matter how well-meaning your intention, doing too much is not always an act of love but of sabotage. — Judith Orloff
What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver. — Edward James Olmos
In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect. — J. G. Holland
The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well meaning Christians, as… — James Madison
Some of life's biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks. — Bernard Lown
Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to… — Henry Grady Weaver
There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to… — Mindy Kaling
If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause well-meaning whites, or… — Barack Obama
Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a precarious… — Gwen Ifill
All you decent, well-meaning gentlemen, let me ask you, have you any idea what sort of place the world is becoming all around you? The… — Kazuo Ishiguro
You know, the one with all the well meaning rules that don't work out in real life, uh, Christianity. — Homer
For 12 long years I lived within the narrow-minded confines of the 'straightjacket world' created by my strong belief that Elijah Muhammad was a messenger… — Malcolm X
I shall never rest until I have undone the harm I did to so many well-meaning, innocent Negroes who through my own evangelistic zeal now… — Malcolm X

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