Emerich Edward Dalbert Famous Quotes
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
Emerich Edward Dalbert Quotations
"Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority it is the highest summit of art and life."
Henri Frdric Amiel
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Anon
"On the road to Mandalay Where the flyin' fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the bay."
Rudyard Kipling
Philosophy is the highest music.
Plato
A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
Chester William Nimitz
I have found you an argument I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
James Boswell
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act
Dante Alighieri
The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.
William J Broad
"We ought to dance with rapture that we might be alive - and part of the living, incarnate cosmos."
D H Lawrence
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."
Arnold Bennett