Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. View quotes by Thomas Paine
There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast! View quotes by Jean De La Bruyere
What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable View quotes by Dominique De Menil
