L. K. Samuels (1951) American writer
Source: In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action, (2013), p. 246
2010s, 2016, July, (21 July 2016)
L. K. Samuels (1951) American writer
Source: In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action, (2013), p. 246
“The worse government fails, the less privacy citizens supposedly deserve.”
James Bovard (1956) American journalist
From Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave, 2003) http://www.jimbovard.com/Epigrams%20page%20Terrorism%20&%20Tyranny.htm
Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) American politician, 8th President of the United States (in office from 1837 to 1841)
As quoted by William A. DeGregorio, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents (1984) p. 133
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 11, Tammany Leaders Not Bookworms
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, July, (21 July 2016)
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924–2015) former King of Saudi Arabia
Remarks at a Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit http://washingtontimes.com/article/20071010/EDITORIAL/110100007/1013/EDITORIAL 5 December 2005.
“I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.”
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) British poet
As quoted in An Uncommon Scold (1989) by Abby Adams, p. 176
“To understand oneself requires patience, tolerant awareness”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
"Fifth Talk in The Oak Grove, 11 June 1944" http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamurti-teachings/view-text.php?tid=173&chid=4529&w=%22To+understand+oneself+requires+patience%22&s=Text, J. Krishnamurti Online, JKO Serial No. 440611, Vol. III, p. 219 <br class="br">Posthumous publications, The Collected Works <br class="br">Context: To understand oneself requires patience, tolerant awareness; the self is a book of many volumes which you cannot read in a day, but when once you begin to read, you must read every word, every sentence, every paragraph for in them are the intimations of the whole. The beginning of it is the ending of it. If you know how to read, supreme wisdom is to be found.
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, June, Speech about the Orlando Shooting (June 13, 2016)
E.M. Forster (1879–1970) English novelist
What I Believe (1938)
Context: I do not believe in Belief. But this is an Age of Faith, and there are so many militant creeds that, in self defence, one has to formulate a creed of one's own. Tolerance, good temper and sympathy are no longer enough in a world where ignorance rules, and Science, which ought to have ruled, plays the pimp. Tolerance, good temper and sympathy — they are what matter really, and if the human race is not to collapse they must come to the front before long.