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Quotes having the keyword Cowardice
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
by Eric Hoffer (Writer, American , born in 1902) keywords: among, becomes, both, cowardice, easily, fashion, followers, made, number, respectable, strong, weak , without There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice.
by Kurt Huber (Celebrity, German , born in 1893) keywords: against, becomes, blatant, cloak, cowardice, dares, immoral, justice, law, point, reached, stand, unethical, up, violations , which We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say to you all, such an order can only be prompted by cowardice or treason.
by Philip Kearny (Soldier, American , born in 1815) keywords: cowardice, declaration, enemy, follow, full, instead, only, order, ought, prompted, responsible, retreating, richmond, say, should, such, take, treason, up , view When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
by Niccolo Machiavelli (Writer, Italian , born in 1469) keywords: both, commence, confidence, cowardice, disarm, distrust, either, generate, hatred, lack, offend, opinions, show, them, these , through Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
by Plutarch (Philosopher, Greek , born in 2046) keywords: between, courage, cowardice, excess, halfway, lack, other, rashness, stands , which I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die.
by Mary Roberts Rinehart (Novelist, American , born in 1876) keywords: boys, cowardice, die, fight, hate, into, making, men, must, old, pride, send, their, them, those, war, wars, would , youth They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
by Arthur Schopenhauer (Philosopher, German , born in 1788) topics: Death keywords: cowardice, every, greatest, his, life, man, more, nothing, obvious, own, person, piece, quite, suicide, tell, than, title, unassailable, us, which, world , wrong Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk.
by Margaret Chase Smith (Politician, American , born in 1897) keywords: country, cowardice, dangerous, irresponsible, keeps, minds, moral, our, speaking, talk , us Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
by Randall Terry (Celebrity, American , born in 1959) keywords: christians, context, cowardice, justify, out, retreat, scriptures, take, try , vindicate Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.
by Peter Ustinov (Actor, English , born in 1921) keywords: based, cases, courage, cowardice, good, information, insight, lack, many, often , whereas To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
by Irving Wallace (Author, American , born in 1916) keywords: admirable, conformity, cowardice, easy, more, right, self, surrender, than, unafraid, whether , wrong If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?
by Francis Parker Yockey (Writer, American , born in 1917) keywords: any, between, choose, cowardice, despair, need, optimism, pessimism, stupidity , them
