“An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology”
Jodi Picoult book Lone Wolf
Source: Lone Wolf
From Does Price Fixing Destroy Liberty? (1920) by George H. Earle, Jr.
“An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology”
Jodi Picoult book Lone Wolf
Source: Lone Wolf
“success requires no apologies, failure permits no alibis.” If”
Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich
Variant: Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916)
"Preface"
Why I Am a Vegetarian: An Address Delivered before the Chicago Vegetarian Society (1895)
“Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom.”
Mitt Romney (1947) American businessman and politician
Faith in America speech, 2007
Context: Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.
“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
Source: Malcolm X Speaks (1965), p. 158
Earl Warren (1891–1974) United States federal judge
United States v. Robel (1967) - Findlaw file http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=389&invol=258 <br class="br">Context: This concept of "national defense" cannot be deemed an end in itself, justifying any exercise of legislative power designed to promote such a goal. Implicit in the term "national defense" is the notion of defending those values and ideals which set this Nation apart. For almost two centuries, our country has taken singular pride in the democratic ideals enshrined in its Constitution, and the most cherished of those ideals have found expression in the First Amendment. It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties — the freedom of association — which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.
David Gemmell book Legend
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 12
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1963, Third State of the Union Address
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8-ffiYyzA (4 August 1964) <br class="br">1960s