“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” –Plato
Category: wonderful words
Wonderful Words :: Robert H. Jackson
Robert H. Jackson ,united states supreme court ,wonderful wordsJune 23, 2012
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IN WHAT ORDER SHOULD THE ARGUMENT BE ARRANGED? The order and progression of an argument are important to its ready comprehension, but in the Supreme Court these are not wholly within the lawyer’s control. It is difficult to please nine different minds, and it is a common experience that questions upset the plan of argument […]
May 15, 2012
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“True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.” –Henry Miller
April 18, 2012
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“Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.” –Werner Herzog
April 5, 2012
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It’s just a fact: Democracy doesn’t work without citizen activism and participation, starting at the community. Trickle down politics doesn’t work much better than trickle down economics. It’s also a fact that civilization happens because we don’t leave things to other people. What’s right and good doesn’t come naturally. You have to stand up and […]
April 2, 2012
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“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” —Noam Chomsky
April 1, 2012
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“A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.” –Ralph Nader
March 28, 2012
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You may not have money for in-depth documentaries or other high-end productions but you have cameras, microphones, studios and the trust of the community. You can be the ombudsman for the public within your reach, provide the venue for forums, teach-ins, town meetings, and debates over the issues that matter to people where they live, […]
March 21, 2012
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“What Then Must We Do?” “You do whatever you can about the misery that’s in front of you. Add your light to the sum of light.” – Billy Kwan The Year of Living Dangerously
March 15, 2012
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“You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less.” ― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World