“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Part 1, Chapter 13; sometimes paraphrased: "Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."
Books, Coningsby (1844), Contarini Fleming (1832)
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
“Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.”
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
“Never apologize for what you feel. It’s like saying sorry for being real.”
Lil Wayne (1982) American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
Teachings on Love (2005) Full Circle Publishing ISBN 81-7621-167-2
Augusten Burroughs (1965) American writer
Source: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
“I apologize.” “you aren’t sorry and don’t apologize.””
Alice Borchardt book The Dragon Queen
The Dragon Queen
Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist
The Humanist interview (2012)
Context: This war against women started a long time ago with old Democrats who took over the Republican Party, which was, before that, the very first to support the Equal Rights Amendment. Even when the National Women’s Political Caucus started, there was a whole Republican feminist entity. But beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, right-wing Democrats like Jesse Helms began to leave the Democratic Party and gradually take over the GOP.
So I always feel I have to apologize to my friends who are Republicans because they’ve basically lost their party. Ronald Reagan couldn’t get nominated today because he was supportive of immigrant rights. Barry Goldwater was pro-choice. George H. W. Bush supported Planned Parenthood. No previous Republicans except for George W. Bush would be acceptable to the people who now run the GOP. They are not Republicans. They are the American version of the Taliban. … They’ve taken over one of our two great parties. This causes people to wrongly think that the country is equally divided but if we look at the public opinion polls, it isn’t. So, I can’t think of anything more crucial than real Republicans taking back the GOP.
“I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.”
Source: Hannibal Rising