John B Gough Famous Quotes
"It is the minority that has stood in the vain of every moral conflict, and achieved all that is noble in the history of the world."
If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a-coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
"What is a minority The chosen heroes of this earth have been in a minority. There is not a social, political, or religious privilege that you enjoy today that was not bought for you by the blood and tears and patient suffering of the minority. It is the minority that have stood in the van of every moral conflict, and achieved all that is noble in the history of the world."
John B Gough Quotations
The taxpayer -- that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Ronald Reagan
"Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men."
Jane Addams
The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.
Eugene V Debs
"Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive."
John Kenneth Galbraith
Values are tapes we play on the Walkman of the mind any tune we choose so long as it does not disturb others.
Johathan Sacks
"It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."
Hubert Humphrey
Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.
Roosevelt Eleanor
"In this world no one rules by love if you are but amiable, you are no hero to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing."
John Henry Newman
There's no point in burying the hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.
Sydney Harris
"When you blame others, you give up your power to change."
Douglas Noel Adams