It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.

I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means read more

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because read more

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say somethign. - Essays.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.