Blind Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“It is a new step towards independence, once a man dares to express opinions that bring disgrace on him if he entertains them; then…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He alone who walks strict and upright, and who, in matters of opinion, will be contented that others should be as free as himself…

— Thomas Jefferson

“He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions – such a…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“He who is subjected to a field of visibility, and who knows it, assumes responsibility for the constraints of power; he makes them play…

— Michel Foucault

“When a legislator succeeds, after persevering efforts, in exercising an indirect influence upon the destiny of nations, his genius is lauded by mankind, whilst,…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Our whole evolution has reached a stage where nearly every man is either ruler or ruled; sometimes he is both. By this the attitude…

— Rudolf Rocker

A man who relies upon himself wins a sort of glorious independence. For he has not to wait to be helped by others.

— Self-reliance

“A statesman in these days has a difficult task. He has to pursue the policy he deems advantageous to his country, but he has…

— Agatha Christie

He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for those very…

— J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

— Thomas Paine

If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good…

— Noel Coward

He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look facts in…

— Alice Miller