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A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. ”
We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse. ”
If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time. ”
I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting. ”
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. ”
Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity. ”
I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation. ”
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. ”
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. ”
The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before. ”