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Against the man
«There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation»
Author: Herbert Spencer
(Philosopher)
| About:
Arguments,
Information,
Principles
| Keywords:
Against the man, arguments, bar, barred, barring, contempt, everlasting, fail, information, investigation, investigations, principle, prior, proof
«Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.»
Author: James Branch Cabell
| About:
Poetry
| Keywords:
Against the man, poetry, rebellion, Rebellions, the rebellion
«Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see, but only a few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are, and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
| Keywords:
Against the man, a few, dare, general, in general, judge, opinion, sense of touch, sight, sight seeing, test, The General, The sense, touch
«It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.»
Author: Robert Francis Kennedy
| About:
Courage,
History,
Injustice,
Inspiration,
Mankind
| Keywords:
Acts, Against the man, against time, belief, diverse, forth, Human history, ideal, improve, injustice, injustices, numberless, ripple, rippled, ripples, rippling, sends, shaped, stands, strikes, strike out, tiniest
«He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.»
«And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: / And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.»
«Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.»
«Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
Against the man, criticism, criticisms, defend, gradually, neither, protest, protested, protesting, protests, spite, yield, yield up
«Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catchphrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let man label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide one way, and that way be the right way according to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country- hold up your head! You have nothing to be ashamed of.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
according, Against the man, aside, asides, both, bullied, Bullies, bullying, convictions, country, course, decide, duty, empty, flinging, flings, flung, government, head, hold up, inexcusable, In the press, label, labeling, Let Me Alone, lightly, nation, one way, on his own, patriotic, Politicians, press, press on, pulpit, pulpits, responsibility, shirk, shirked, shirking, solemn, The Nation, the right way, traitor, unqualified, weightier, weighty
«No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
Against the man, authority, civil, civil authority, civil right, conscience, constitution, constitutions, dearer, enterprises, ought, protects, provision, rights
