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Political speech10 quotes
When a just cause reaches its flood-tide... Whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power. — Carrie Chapman Catt · 1911The century on which we are entering-the century which will come into being after this war-can be and must be the century of the common man. — Henry A. Wallace · 1942We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American System of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines-doctrines of paternalism and static socialism. — Herbert Hoover · 1928Surely civilization is old enough, surely mankind is mature enough so that we ought in our own lifetime to find a way to permanent peace. — Herbert Hoover · 1929The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law. — Herbert Hoover · 1929Older men declare war. But it is youth who must fight and die. — Herbert Hoover · 1944All 10 quotes →Nature writing3 quotes
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. — Aldo Leopold · 1949A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. — Aldo Leopold · 1949We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. — Aldo Leopold · 1949Philosophical literature2 quotes
The Great Society created by steam and electricity may be a society, but it is no community. — John Dewey · 1927The significance of man is that he is that part of the universe that asks the question, What is the significance of Man? He alone can stand apart imaginatively and, regarding himself and the universe in their eternal aspects, pronounce a judgement. The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it. — Carl Becker · 1936Political literature1 quote
The Great Society created by steam and electricity may be a society, but it is no community. — John Dewey · 1927Travel writing1 quote
What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home, and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile attempt to recapture the comforts that you wouldn't have lost if you hadn't left home in the first place. — Bill Bryson · 1991