Society Quotes ( 360 - 370 of 372 )
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at read more
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.
If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.
The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
