Accepting Quote by George Orwell

Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.

— Terry Goodkind

In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.

— Epictetus

They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were…

— Paulo Coelho

The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.

— Robert Jordan

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.

— Henry David Thoreau

How baffling it was that even the most cunning and clever people would frequently see only what they wanted to see, and would rarely…

— James Clavell

Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments.

— George Orwell

“they were, it is now obvious, a tiny minority, who had neither the ruthless political skills nor the popular support they needed to triumph.…

— John R. Bradley

There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere facts. They…

— Bruno Schulz

Real people had real agendas, real demands, real expectations about how other people should behave.

— Nicholas Sparks