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Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), 'The Strenuous Life,' 1900
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The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), 'Prejudices: Fourth Series,' 1924
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Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), 'De l'experience,' 1580-88
I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), 'De l'utile et de l'honnete,' 1580-88
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.: John Adams (1735 - 1826), 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770
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Good order is the foundation of all things.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), 'Reflections on the Revolution in France,' 1790
If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to James Lewis, Jr., May 9, 1798
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), 'Journals,' 1836
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18, 1864
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885), 'Affurisms from Josh Billings: His Sayings,' 1865
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