“Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.”

— Henry Carey

The Contrivances (1715), Act i. Sc. 2.

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English composer and playwright 1687–1743

John James Cowperthwaite (1915–2006) British colonial administrator

February 28, 1962, page 55.
Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council

“We are neither radically free to choose our nature nor entirely determined by our biological heritage.”

Nayef Al-Rodhan (1959) philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author

Source: Emotional amoral egoism (2008), p.65

“The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?”

Gerald Ford (1913–2006) American politician, 38th President of the United States (in office from 1974 to 1977)

Address at Yale Law School's 150th anniversary (25 April 1975)
1970s
Context: The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?
I am confident of the American answer. Let it become a vital element on America's new agenda. Let us show that we can temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint into one consistent whole. Let us set an example for the world of a law-abiding America glorying in its freedom as well as its respect for law.

“Learning … should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of noble and learned men, not a conducted tour through a jail.”

Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985) Novelist

The Sound of Thunder (1957) Pt. I, Ch. 9
1950s
Context: Learning … should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of noble and learned men, not a conducted tour through a jail. So its surroundings should be as gracious as possible, to complement it.