“I am not afraid to appeal to the nation at large, to posterity, and still less to that Being Who sees Himself our motives, Who will judge us from His own knowledge of them.”
Writings (1904), Vol. XI, p. 44, to Abigail Adams on July 22, 1804.
1800s
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Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 96.
Source: The Parables of Jesus: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas
“The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.”
As quoted in On Being Blonde: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes (2004) by Paula Munier, p. 70
“Languages are not owned
by nations but by the people who use them
and make them live.”
A contribution for the WikiAfrica Literature Project
“Who can set us straight in our labyrinth from the mazes of his own?”
Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 132
Speech https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1933/mar/14/supply#column_1820 in the House of Commons (14 March 1933)
The 1930s
Letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt while director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. (5 July 1945)
Context: The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task. The rewards of such exploration both for the Nation and the individual are great. Scientific progress is one essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to higher standard of living, and to our cultural progress.
