William Gilmore Simms Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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Our policy on the annexation of Crimea, which we consider illegal, will stay.
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For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy.
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There is nothing in ANC policy which calls for attacks on civilians in supermarkets, schools, and cinemas unless these are regarded as military installations.
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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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We don't want a president who fails at domestic and foreign policy.
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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
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Virtue has her heroes tooAs well as Fame and Fortune.
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Certain developments in Russian politics and foreign policy in recent months have given us pause
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Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?
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I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.
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Sometimes I wake up and think, 'I want to look like Sherlock Holmes today,' and other times I want to look like a witch from 'Macbeth.'
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I have to say I find it totally astounding that my albums do as well as they do. It's quite extraordinary, and it's actually very touching for me for the albums to be received with such warmth.
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I think that in the diaspora, and among immigrants, religion becomes a vehicle for the transmission of cultural information, and cultural codes, and this does end up re-inscribing certain things about the religion - like caste. Caste discrimination and hierarchy are still a very fundamental and violent part of Hinduism. My family was upper caste, and that was very clear. I feel like caste and religious practice are inextricable, actually.
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Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.
