Quotes about "Friendship & Relationships"

The liberal vision of America is that it should be less arrogant, less unilateral, more internationalist. In Obama's view, America would subsume itself under a fuzzy internationalism in which the international community, which I think is a fiction, governs itself through the U.N. ”

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. ”

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means. ”

The gift of song is just like... I think music is one of those true things in this world that is universal. ”

Democracy demands trust. It demands that sense of mutual understanding. And - it's a two way street. You've got to give - as much as you take. ”

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect. ”

As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision. ”

Maybe it was the home tutoring, or the late start to formal schooling, or an overly cautious and protective upbringing, but in any case, I never became a talkative person. As an adult, I am not always comfortable in social gatherings with small talk. I must have inherited my father's gentle nature. ”

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self. ”

You have to be able to wake up in the morning and say, 'I've been true.' ”