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Charles Horton Cooley Quote: “There is nothing less to our…”

There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betray when we set out to ‘Americanize’ him.

December 14, 2019 1866, American, Charles Horton Cooley, Quotes by Sociologists

Emma Goldman Quote: “Someone has said that it requires…”

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

December 10, 2019 1869, Emma Goldman, June 27, Quotes by Activists, Russian

Benjamin Netanyahu Quote: “Israel is so tiny. It’s, you…”

Israel is so tiny. It’s, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria.

December 5, 2019 1949, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli, October 21, Quotes by Leaders

Lord Byron Quote: “I love not man the less…”

I love not man the less, but Nature more.

December 4, 2019 1788, British, January 22, Lord Byron, Quotes by Poets

Nicholas M. Butler Quote: “An expert is one who knows…”

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

December 1, 2019 1862, American, April 2, Nicholas M. Butler, Quotes by Philosophers

Charles Baudelaire Quote: “Everything considered, work is less boring…”

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

November 30, 2019 1821, April 9, Charles Baudelaire, French, Quotes by Poets

Geoffrey Ward Quote: “The real Jack Johnson was both…”

The real Jack Johnson was both more and less than those who loved or those who hated him ever knew. He embodied American individualism in its purest form; nothing – no law or custom, no person white or black, male or female – could keep him for long from whatever he wanted.

November 28, 2019 1940, American, Geoffrey Ward, Quotes by Historians

Toussaint Louverture Quote: “Citizens, not less generous than myself…”

Citizens, not less generous than myself, let your most precious moments be employed in causing the past to be forgotten; let all my fellow-citizens swear never to recall the past; let them receive their misled brethren with open arms, and let them, in future, be on their guard against the traps of bad men.

November 27, 2019 1743, Haitian, May 20, Quotes by Leaders, Toussaint Louverture

Don Marquis Quote: “The trouble with the public is…”

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

November 23, 2019 1878, American, Don Marquis, July 29, Quotes by Poets

Peter Singer Quote: “The price we are willing to…”

The price we are willing to pay for safety cannot be infinite. It is distasteful to put a price on human life, but the more we spend on safety, the less we will have for our other goals.

November 16, 2019 1946, Australian, July 6, Peter Singer, Quotes by Philosophers

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