Quotes About Judgment

All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy accidents

Whether history will judge this war to be different or not we cannot say. But this we can say with certainty: A government and a society that silences those who dissent is one that has lost its way.

I know of no existing nation that deserves to live, and I know of very few individuals.

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.

Individual believers are not to usurp the role of civil government and judge people who are offensive.

We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents.

I do not think a revival of business will be greatly postponed by [Samuel J.] Tilden's election. Business prosperity does not, inmy judgment, depend on government so much as men commonly think.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

You might be a redneck if you think people that send out graduation announcements are show-offs.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

Great men never require experience.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.

If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking.

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

We do not judge great art. It judges us.

Racism is a phenomenal thing; it is like a thick mist that obscures the vision and judgement of even great minds.