“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
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“Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.”
“It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.”
“There was never a good war, or a bad peace.”
“Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.”
“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.”
“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”
“A good indignation brings out all one's powers.”
“Necessity never made a good bargain.”
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.”
“Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.”
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”
“I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.”
“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.”
“Good men must not obey the laws too well.”
“All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.”
“As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.”
“It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.”
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”
“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”
“It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.”
“As for doing good that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.”
“Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.”
“The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”