Men Quotes - Page 46

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.

The more a man knows, the less he talks.

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.

I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.

Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.

As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

A white woman has only one handicap to overcome - that of sex. I have two - both sex and race. ... Colored men have only one - that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

Men have said that the cross of Christ was not a heroic thing, but I want to tell you that the cross of Jesus Christ has put more heroism in the souls of men than any other event in human history.

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.

Every disciple needs three types of relationships in his life. He needs a 'Paul' who can mentor him and challenge him. He needs a 'Barnabas' who can come along side and encourage him. And he needs a 'Timothy,' someone that he can pour his life into.

Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Some people think that being in government for a long time is a bad thing. But the more you stay, the more you learn. I am now an expert in governance.

A thousand of old man are just able to dream, but a young man is able to change the world!

Freedom is what we all seek, but it's what we do with that freedom that ultimately defines our character. In the end, a man's character cements his fate, good or bad.

Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men ... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.

Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.