You find out the necessity of Liberty as you find out the necessity of air—by not having enough of it.
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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When one remains silent in the face of oppression, one is on the side of the oppressor.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.
He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
Howsoever you may repair it, a rift is a rift.
Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?