"From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned."

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Source : Charles Sumner (1876). “The Works of Charles Sumner”

Charles Sumner

#Country Quotes #Rights Quotes #Political Quotes

“Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product.”

Source : Richard McKenna (1972). “New eyes for old: nonfiction writings”, John F Blair Pub
“Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.”
“The indigenous peoples understand that they have to recover their cultural identity, or to live it if they have already recovered it. They also understand that this is not a favor or a concession, but simply their natural right to be recognized as belonging to a culture that is distinct from the Western culture, a culture in which they have to live their own faith.”
“If my heart were not light, I would die.”
“A life spent in the routine of science need not destroy the attractive human element of a woman's nature.”
“Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.”
“One of the things I firmly believe about seemingly risky decisions is that you can't fully imagine how things can be better while you're in the thing you don't quite like.”
“The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is. It's that you can see the world as it isn't.”

Source : "On being wrong". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2011.

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