Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-11-01 Nov 1, 2012The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.~ Blaise PascalThere is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.~ Frederick W. FaberYou can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.~ W. Somerset Maugham Oct 31, 2012God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.~ Chester W. NimitzTo know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.~ ConfuciusI have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.~ Frank Moore Colby Oct 30, 2012It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.~ A. A. HodgeI have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.~ Albert EinsteinThe line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart.~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Oct 29, 2012I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.~ George WashingtonBefore I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.~ Harper LeeIt's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.~ Noël Coward Oct 26, 2012[T]he power to declare war is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature.~ James MadisonIn their great wisdom, our Founding Fathers, gathered in Philadelphia to draft the new U.S. Constitution, gave the sole authority to declare war to the U.S. Congress. ... our Founders understood that it was essential, to secure a representative form of republican self-government, that the power to declare war must be in the hands of Congress, and not in the Executive Branch. ... Nothing has transpired in the intervening centuries to justify any alteration in their wise decision. Under our Federal Constitution, only the Congress has the power to declare war, and that must remain a cardinal principle. In recent decades, we have seen an erosion of that Constitutional principle, and I fully concur that this erosion must be halted and reverse.~ Gen. Joseph P. HoarMy policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none. To fulfil our own engagements. To supply the wants, and be carriers for them all: Being thoroughly convinced that it is our policy and interest to do so.~ George Washington Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print