Quotes

A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. - William Shakespeare

Laws are only words written on paper, words that change on society's whim and are interpreted differently daily by politicians, lawyers, judges, and policemen. Anyone who believes that all laws should always be obeyed would have made a fine slave catcher. Anyone who believes that all laws are applied equally, despite race, religion, or economic status, is a fool. - John J. Miller

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships, the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Instinct is untaught ability. - Alexander Bain

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. - Elbert Green Hubbard

Humor is another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor more than anything else in the human makeup, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds. - Viktor E. Frankl

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt