Edmund Morris Quotes
He is the most dangerous foe to human liberty that has ever set foot on American soil.
Quotes to Explore
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Mining is a dangerous profession. There's no way to make a mine completely safe: These are the words owners have always used to excuse needless deaths and the words miners use to prepare for them.
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The world may be driven by the same ancient impulses. We will continue to see human struggles and successes. We will witness human glory and tragedies.
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I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.
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These Scriptures, therefore, are infinitely far from justifying the slavery under consideration; for it cannot be made to appear that one in a thousand of these slaves has done any thing to forfeit his own liberty.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.
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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
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Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.
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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
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Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.
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I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.
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You are a human with one life and it is up to you to make it the best life you can.
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I don't keep from despairing. I let myself despair. I just don't linger there for too long. There's too much to laugh about, two knuckleheads I have to feed, and a lot of really excellent television to watch. I think the mess we're in deserves the full range of human feeling, from despair to its opposite, which I would say is not hope, happiness, or peace, but freedom.
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I didn't have any friends. I was bullied. I didn't play sports.
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Believing that all has been ordained by God can lead to fatalism, but fatalism is not the same thing as belief. It's a cheat: an abdication of responsibility.
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Further, we requested his majesty not to send any lawyers into the country, as those persons, with all their learning, would merely breed lawsuits, discord, and confusion throughout the whole country.
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He is the most dangerous foe to human liberty that has ever set foot on American soil.
