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Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
by Ronald Reagan (President, American , born in 1911) keywords: because, deeply, democracy, devised, dying, ever, form, government, honorable, man, most , worth Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.
by Cardinal Richelieu (Clergyman, French , born in 1585) keywords: excuse, find, give, hang, him, honorable, lines, men, most, six, them, will , written Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
by Pat Riley (Coach, American , born in 1945) keywords: adventure, ambition, career, crown, greatest, honorable, life, men, most, politics, public, regarded, still , young But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.
by Anita Roddick (Businessman, English , born in 1942) keywords: allows, balance, create, earn, freedom, gives, honorable, life, livelihood, living, sense, skills, take, them, use, want, way, where , your Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
by Sallust (Historian , Roman) keywords: beyond, despised, even, go, honorable, most, rendered, services, state , words A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
by George Bernard Shaw (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1856) keywords: doing, honorable, life, making, mistakes, more, nothing, only, spent, than , useful So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration.
by Bill Sienkiewicz (Artist, American , born in 1958) keywords: cartooning, envelope, exaggeration, honorable, pushing, something, thing, through , truth Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known.
by Matthew Simpson (Clergyman, American , born in 1811) keywords: against, america, barrier, elevation, every, exists, honorable, humblest, known, life, lincoln, may, merit, mr, opportunity, shows, station , wherever One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.
by Thomas Sowell (Economist, American , born in 1930) keywords: among, appreciate, common, dangerous, dishonorable, failings, failure, honorable, how, other, some, them, thoroughly , trust The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.
by Mercy Otis Warren (Playwright, American , born in 1970) keywords: address, agent, britain, chosen, court, deliver, directed, endeavor, favorable, governor, himself, his, honorable, influence, king, last, late, penn, pennsylvania, personal, petition, procure, reception , william If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
by E. O. Wilson (Scientist, American , born in 1929) keywords: alone, another, committed, effort, endeavor, fail, failure, find, forgiven, honorable, humanism, imperative, lost, memorable, moral, provided, quest, successful, those, way, whether , will I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause.
by Cole Younger (Criminal, American , born in 1844) keywords: cause, esteemed, fighting, fought, honorable, men, plunder, principle, righteous, soldiers, these, understood, want , were
