"It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience."

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William Cowper

#Judgment Quotes #Should Quotes #Mischief Quotes

“I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I am equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or special interests. I am the candidate of the people.”
“They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.”
“Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they start talking, that's when you've lost them.”
“I love being called NTRs grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didnt try enough or maybe because I like it this way.”
“We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research”
“I didn't want people to say his brother Bing sings better than he does.”
“Love doesn't go anywhere when you die, you know. The person passes on, the body withers, but love, it survives.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2011). “Kindred Spirits”, p.50, Penguin
“In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.”

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