"No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so after his day's work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

#Men Quotes #Community Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“We live with our archetypes, but can we live in them?”

Source : Poul Anderson (2003). “Going For Infinity: A Literary Journey”, p.655, Macmillan
“As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.”
“All moments of joy include an element of happiness. But not all moments of happiness include joy. Happiness often comes from drive reduction-avoidance of pain or the pursuit of pleasure for pleasure's sake. The essence of joy, on the other hand, is spirit.”
“I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.”
“History is just the present in retrospect. Times change but people do not.”

Source : Jeanne C. Stein (2013). “Blood Bond”, Penguin
“Israel uses weapons to safeguard civilians. Hamas uses civilians to safeguard weapons.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 11, 2014
“It was accountability that Nixon feared.”

Source : "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.
“I was a new writer and I was supposed to write all the time, wasn't I? I had not yet discovered that there are times when one can't write, one shouldn't write, times for thought, for deepening, or just reading, or simply living.”

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