Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 2, “Revelations” (p. 30)
“The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.”
"The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy" in Esquire (May 1961); republished in Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961)
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Woodrow Wilson
(1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
Des Moines Iowa speech (1 February 1916) http://www.combat.ws/S3/BAKISSUE/CMBT01N2/SMOKE.HTM, on "The Westerm Preparedness Tour" http://www.allthingswilliam.com/presidents/wilson.html
1910s
“Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.”
Sun Tzu
(-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Attributed to Sun Tzu in multiple books and internet sites, but this text does not appear in The Art of War and seems to be a more recent creation.
Disputed
“Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.”
Paulo Coelho
(1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
Robert F. Kennedy
(1925–1968) American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy
Speaking on his support for President Johnson in the upcoming presidential election (17 March 1967), as quoted in "I'll Campaign For Johnson," Says Kennedy" http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/03/18/page/39/article/ill-campaign-for-johnson-says-kennedy
“I would never pay any price if it meant that Scotland would become independent.”
Jeremy Hunt
(1966) British politician
Tory leadership: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt on Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48744493 BBC News (27 June 2019)
2019
“We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay the price of war.”
Harry Truman
(1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe (1948)
Context: The recommendations I have made represent the most urgent steps toward securing the peace and preventing war. We must be ready to take every wise and necessary step to carry out this great purpose. This will require assistance to other nations. It will require an adequate and balanced military strength. We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay the price of war. We in the United States remain determined to seek peace by every possible means, a just and honorable basis for the settlement of international issues.
Stephenie Meyer
(1973) American author
Edward Cullen to Bella Swan, p. 273
Twilight series, Eclipse (2007)