Showing posts with label Name. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Name. Show all posts

No Crueler Tyranny

“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.”
--Baron de Montesquieu

Dangerous Banks

“Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
--Thomas Jefferson

Know Their Name

“If you want to let someone know that they’re loved, call them by their name. After all, someone loved them enough to give them one.”
--Tom Ryan

Impartial Ignorance

“Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.”
--G.K. Chesterton

Certain Size Greatness

“Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.”
--Phillips Brooks

A Name Worth Remembering

“There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”
--Theodore Roosevelt

Heroes' Legacy

“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
--Benjamin Disraeli