"For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white."

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Source : "Life of John Boyle O'Reilly, together with his complete poems and speeches edited by Mrs John Boyle O'Reilly" by James Jeffrey Roche, New York, (p. 195), 1891.

John Boyle O'Reilly

#Integrity Quotes #Humble Quotes #White Quotes

“Sex at eighty-four is terrific, especially the one in the winter.”
“Genealogy: A perverse preoccupation of those who seek to demonstrate that their forebears were better people than they are.”
“You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others.”
“I remembered my little brother, Allyn, had appeared so innocent and angelic when he slept--similar to Kerrick. It must be a survival tactic. If Allyn hadn't looked so sweet, we would have killed him while he slept. He had been pure evil when he was awake--similar to Kerrick.”
“Protect Our Winters is this foundation I started in 2007, and it focuses on slowing down climate change by bringing the winter sports community together and having a strong voice to make change and slow down climate change.”

Source : "Jeremy Jones and Protect Our Winters". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“There is a God, and his name is Aristophanes.”
“Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.”
“Why is it I'm always so quick to believe that people are thinking...believing the worst about me?”

Source : Bette Greene (1988). “Morning is a long time coming”, Starfire

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