“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.”
Joan Didion (1934) American writer
"On Self-Respect", in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.”
Joan Didion (1934) American writer
"On Self-Respect", in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
“The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”
Robert Jordan book The Eye of the World
al'Lan Mandragoran
(15 January 1990)
Source: The Eye of the World
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 <br class="br">1910s
Norman Lamont (1942) British politician
Hansard, HC 6Ser vol 191 col 413 (16 May 1991) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199091/cmhansrd/1991-05-16/Orals-1.html.
“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.
Enoch Powell (1912–1998) British politician
Speech in Stockport (8 June 1973), quoted in The Times (9 June 1973), p. 3
1970s