1970s, Remarks on pardoning Nixon (1974)
Context: I deeply believe in equal justice for all Americans, whatever their station or former station. The law, whether human or divine, is no respecter of persons; but the law is a respecter of reality.
The facts, as I see them, are that a former President of the United States, instead of enjoying equal treatment with any other citizen accused of violating the law, would be cruelly and excessively penalized either in preserving the presumption of his innocence or in obtaining a speedy determination of his guilt in order to repay a legal debt to society.
During this long period of delay and potential litigation, ugly passions would again be aroused. And our people would again be polarized in their opinions. And the credibility of our free institutions of government would again be challenged at home and abroad.
“In every person of whatever station look not for things to criticize, but for something you adore in your Creator.”
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Edgar Cayce 17
Purported clairvoyant healer and psychic 1877–1945Related quotes
Portfolio for Peace (1968), p. 92
Context: Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
al-Ghazali https://awakenthegreatnesswithin.com/35-inspirational-imam-al-ghazali-quotes-on-success/
“Until you look forward to criticism, your Work’s not done.”
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)
Savannah Lynn Curtis, Chapter 4, p. 71
Variant: ... when you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.
Source: 2000s, Dear John (2006)
The Illustrated London News (25 April 1931)
“A person’s destiny is something you look back at afterwards, not something to be known in advance.”
Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Encountering Directors interview (1969)