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Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with read more
Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and adjusting of balance between individual freedom and general order.
There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just read more
There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read more
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.
If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war read more
If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the read more
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still read more
Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.
In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and read more
In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.
Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only read more
Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or very foolish imagine otherwise
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.