Quotes Republicans Need To Learn

[Quixote1818]

Feel free to post your own:

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom." Bertrand Russell


"Nothing is terrible except fear itself." Francis Bacon

Actually they need to understand this one is sarcasm: "To be patriotic, hate all nations but your own; to be religious, all sects but your own; to be moral, all pretenses but your own."
-- Lionel Strachey (1864-1927) British writer, translator, humorist


"For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it." Thomas Jefferson

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Thoreau

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
-- Benjamin Franklin



Gandhi
"The acquisition of the spirit of nonresistance is a matter of long training in self-denial and appreciation of the hidden forces within ourselves. It changes one's outlook on life . . . It is the greatest force because it is the highest expression of the soul."


"Where there is love, there is life; hatred leads to destruction."


"Mankind has to get out of violence only through nonviolence."
"True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness."

"The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies." Mark Twain

"This I believe:
That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
And this I would fight for:
The freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
And this I must fight against:
Any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual."
John Steinbeck

"The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority." Thomas H. Huxley

"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane."
Robert G. Ingersoll

"Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message." Umberto Eco

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own - a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we can dimly perceive and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in Nature." Albert Einstein

[Hoping4Change]

1. These are are great quotes.

Reassuring to touch base with sane voices no longer with us.

[booniapolis]

2. how about this one?

"I'm sorry, we were wrong"