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I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few. Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), campaign speech at High Wycombe, England, November 27, 1832
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), 'Nicomachean Ethics,' 325 B.C.A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC), 'Jugurthine War,' 41 B.C.
Good order is the foundation of all things. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), 'Reflections on the Revolution in France,' 1790In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath. Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'Narcotics and Dissecting Knives,' Thoughts and Meditations, 1960To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. Margaret Thatcher (1925 -  ), interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-TV, March 18, 1987The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), 'Strength to Love,' 1963
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
 Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, Scene i, Lines 15-17
The only way to last a really long time is to build something useful enough that people will want to keep it going after you die, and to cultivate a sense of ownership in other people. In short: make good shit and give it away as fast as you can. Lisa Williams, The Lessons of Nixon, 05-19-06If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. Anna Quindlen (1953 -  )
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