Human Nature

"There's what we did wrong and what we did right. The mistake is that we did some things against the people — by us and also by the enemy — but the other side, as I told you, is that without our strugg…"

"Alex was an internet troll. He liked to confront people online, but was not a violent kind of person. He likes to hear himself talk"

"I saw Mr. Lincoln a number of times during the canvass for his second election. The characteristic which struck me most was his superabundance of common sense. His power of managing men, of deciding a…"

"I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace."

"God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men and brown men and any other men. God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race and the creation of a society where all men will live…"

"Crucial remains the conviction that the government should serve the people and that its powers must be circumscribed by a Constitution and the rule of law. Juvenal’s question quis custodiet ipsos cust…"

"I like women a lot and I champion them. I tell people when they are beautiful, I tell other actresses when I think their work is amazing... So I think women feel relatively comfortable in my presence.…"

"The language diversity embedded in Taiwanese society is our common asset. We should not have those languages endangered or extinct."

"It is true that other people can help you, and to lasting effect.. .If I hadn't had Beckett in 1940 , I'm not sure I could have stood it. I am really not sure.. .At that time he he was driven by an ex…"

"We have a lot of goodness in this country. And we should promote it, but never through the barrel of a gun. We should do it by setting good standards, motivating people and have them want to emulate u…"

"What people call an "Interruption" is simply new input inappropriately managed."

"Let everything be remade on simple lines. There is only one people, there is only one people!"

"A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat’s eyes don’t even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog’s eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, “W…"

"I had a good experience overall. There were a couple of famous Hollywood people who tried to take advantage of me – I’m not mentioning any names! I was around 16 and I knew it was wrong, so I stood up…"

"What people want is simple. They want an America as good as its promise."

"Hayek’s ultimate social goal—his utopia—was the unification of all humankind in one society."

"Hume Society: An international scholarly society."

"Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are possessive or manipulative. People sometimes tre…"

"In every human being one or the other of these two instincts is predominant: the active or positive instinct to offer hospitality, the negative or passive instinct to accept it. And either of these in…"

"One who has a gentle and profound insight into what lasts in India, and what elements inherent in human nature threaten it...the best in traditions of the East and the West have gone into the making o…"