False modesty Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“No political body is sacred, sustainable or under protection, which allows the exploitation of its weakest citizens.”

— Bryant McGill

I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?

— Edward Heath

“Modesty has, and will remain, an alluring trait because where egoism falters, humility conquers.”

— Andy Paula

“I am unacquainted with a more deplorable spectacle than that of a people unable either to defend or to maintain its independence.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Modesty is superiority bowing to mediocrity.”

— Laura Schlessinger

“False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any other path…

— Christie Golden

“Modesty... consists in pretending not to think better of ourselves and our belongings than of the man we are speaking to and his belongings.”

— Bertrand Russell

“a boundless contempt for everything outside their art, for society, and above all, for politics. (64)”

— Émile Zola

“I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)”

— Mev Puleo

“Modesty is for the weak.”

— Ralph L. Angelo Jr

“In politics, where everything romantic and sentimental is folly, the converse is usually considered true, and every brutality is thought sound sense”

— William Bolitho

“So if you're anti-war, be pro-peace instead. If you're antihunger, be pro-people having more than enough to eat. If you are anti-a-particular politician, be…

— Rhonda Byrne