“It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.”
Chap 11.
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV
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Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883) British economic historian
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“The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.”
Samuel Adams (1722–1803) American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political philosopher
Essay, written under the pseudonym "Candidus," in The Boston Gazette (14 October 1771) http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2092, later published in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams (1865) by William Vincent Wells, p. 425
“Controversy… What Controversy?”
Michael Moore (1954) American filmmaker, author, social critic, and liberal activist
Humorous lines of various advertisements for the film, some showing doctored pictures of Moore walking hand in hand with George W. Bush.
2004, Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Emmanuel Macron (1977) 25th President of the French Republic
11 November 2018, French>English translation reported by CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/11/politics/donald-trump-armistice-day-paris/index.html <br class="br">2017, 2018
Dian Fossey (1932–1985) American zoologist, gorilla researcher
“Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.”
Friedrich Dürrenmatt Romulus the Great
Ein Widerstand um jeden Preis ist das Sinnloseste, was es geben kann.
Romulus the Great, act III (1956)
Evelyn Underhill book Practical Mysticism
Source: Practical Mysticism (1914), Chapter IX, The Third Form Of Contemplation, p. 166