“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
"The World Tomorrow" After the Manner of Great Journalists
The Illiterate Digest (1924)
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“You're right. I am crazy. But you know what else? I don't care.”
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor
“To have just finished repaying all one's debts. Ah, is this not happiness?”
Jin Shengtan (1610–1661) Chinese writer
"Thirty-three Happy Moments"
Benjamín Netanyahu (1949) Israeli prime minister
2010s, 2015, Address to the United States Congress (March 2015)
Context: I wish I could promise you, Elie, that the lessons of history have been learned. I can only urge the leaders of the world not to repeat the mistakes of the past. Not to sacrifice the future for the present; not to ignore aggression in the hopes of gaining an illusory peace. But I can guarantee you this, the days when the Jewish people remained passive in the face of genocidal enemies, those days are over! We are no longer scattered among the nations, powerless to defend ourselves. We restored our sovereignty in our ancient home. And the soldiers who defend our home have boundless courage. For the first time in 100 generations, we, the Jewish people, can defend ourselves. This is why; this is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel. know that you stand with Israel. You stand with Israel, because you know that the story of Israel is not only the story of the Jewish people but of the human spirit that refuses again and again to succumb to history's horrors. Facing me right up there in the gallery, overlooking all of us in this august chamber is the image of Moses. Moses led our people from slavery to the gates of the Promised Land. And before the people of Israel entered the land of Israel, Moses gave us a message that has steeled our resolve for thousands of years.
“Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.”
Catherine the Great (1729–1796) Empress of Russia
As quoted in And I Quote : The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker (1992) by Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, and Andrew Frothingham, p. 278
Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer
This appeared in Banneker's Almanac in 1794, and is commonly attributed to him, but originates earlier in "Reflections on different Subjects of Morality, by Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, Duke of Lorrain and Bar" in The Universal Magazine (1765), p. 119
Misattributed
James Watt (1736–1819) British engineer
Attributed to James Watt in: Joel Mokyr, The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress. Oxford University Press, 1992. p, 245
“The Nazis made me afraid to be a Jew, and the Israelis make me ashamed to be a Jew.”
Israel Shahak (1933–2001) Israeli academic
“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor
“My dream is to fly. Oh, my rainbow it is too high.”
Ruslana Koršunova (1987–2008) fashion model
"Model's Web rants pined for love" in Daily News (29 June 2009)
“The so-called "peace" is an interval between wars.”
Lu Xun (1881–1936) Chinese novelist and essayist
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"The Epigrams of Lusin"
“The way to the stars is open.”
Sergei Korolev (1906–1966) Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer
Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) Dutch physicist
about the theory of general relativity, in a letter dated November 24, 1919, to Albert Einstein.
“Next to life we express gratitude for the gift of free agency.”
David O. McKay (1873–1970) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Improvement Era (October 1958) pp 718-719
Context: Next to life we express gratitude for the gift of free agency. When thou didst create man, thou placed within him part of thine omnipotence and bade him choose for himself. Liberty and conscience thus became a sacred part of human nature. Freedom not only to think, but to speak and act is a God-given privilege.
Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) German poet and philosopher
Source: Philosophie der Erlösung, Erster Band (2014), Ethik, § 11 ISBN 978-1494963262
Elizabeth Martinez (1925) American community organizer, activist, author, and educator
On becoming a political activist in "Unite and Overcome!" https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-1997/unite-and-overcome in Teaching Tolerance (Spring 1997)
“After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.”
Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist
Source: Joe Jones
