Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., on taxation (1904)
“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.”
Archive for May, 2011
Quote of the day, May 31
May 31, 2011Quote of the day, May 30
May 29, 2011George Washington, on war
“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.”
Quote of the day, May 29
May 28, 2011Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, “Johannesburg” (1976)
“What’s the word?
Tell me brother, have you heard (more…)
Quote of the day, May 28
May 28, 2011Walker Percy, from Love in the Ruins (1971)
“What does a man live for but to have a girl, use his mind, practice his trade, drink a drink, read a book, and watch the martins wing it for the Amazon and the three-fingered sassafras turn red in October?”
Quote of the day, May 27
May 27, 2011Joseph Conrad, on writing
“My task, which I am trying to achieve, is by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel–it is, before all, to make you see.”
Quote of the day, May 26
May 25, 2011Wendell Philips, on newspapers (1852)
“We live under a government of men — and morning newspapers.”
Quote of the day, May 25
May 24, 2011Thomas Paine, on liberty
“Political liberty consists in the power of doing whatever does not injure another.”
Quote of the day, May 24
May 23, 2011Albert Einstein, on freedom of speech
“So long as they don’t get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me.”
Quote of the day, May 23
May 23, 2011Abraham Lincoln, on freedom (1859)
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God, cannot retain it for long.”
Quote of the day, May 22
May 22, 2011Joseph Conrad, on art
“A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.”
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