Quotes having the keyword Discretion
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
by Henry Steele Commager (born in 1902) keywords: always, censorship, creates, defeats, discretion, end, exercising, fact, incapable, kind, own, purpose, real , society
I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.
by Thomas Jefferson (born in 1743) keywords: control, depository, discretion, enlightened, enough, exercise, inform, know, powers, remedy, safe, society, take, their, them, themselves, think, ultimate , wholesome
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.
by Christine Keeler (born in 1942) keywords: discretion, hypocrisy, polite , word
Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
by Hannah More (born in 1745) keywords: depart, discretion, duty , interferes
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
by Walter Scott (born in 1771) keywords: discretion, duties, guide, life, perfection, reason , us
Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
by John Selden (born in 1584) keywords: discretion, nothing , philosophy
Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.
by Philip Stanhope (born in 1694) keywords: always, discretion, judgment, occasions, required , upon
Discretion is not the better part of biography.
by Lytton Strachey (born in 1880) keywords: better, biography, discretion , part
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
by Barbara Tuchman (born in 1912) topics: History keywords: base, discretion, fleet, glory, headed, much, north, rendezvous, sailed, sea, some , war
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.
by Evelyn Waugh (born in 1903) keywords: deceit, discretion, must, schoolmasters , temper