Quotes About People

She nodded. "They're counting again in California. Almost a million people voted, and the difference is about five thousand." "So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people." "That's democracy." Gus smiled. "A terrible way to run a country, but every other system is worse.

It seemed trivial. After the battlefield it was going to be difficult to take seriously some of the stuff people worried about in peacetime.

I've met the people who run Alabama. Believe me, they're not that smart.

Monks committed all the same sins that ordinary people did. He had just been shocked by the woman's shamelessness. The sight of her nakedness remained with him, the way the hot heart of a candle flame, stared at for a few moments, would burn on behind closed eyelids.

We will have to repent, in this generation, not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good

In the grounds of the château was a church said to date from the year 1000, and he went to look at it, but he had never really understood what people saw in old churches.

So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people." "That's democracy." Gus smiled. "A terrible way to run a country, but every other system is worse.

they were bonded together by generosity in good times and solidarity in bad. This was what he would be fighting for, these people, this town. And if he had to give his life for them, it would be well spent.

Winston was an odd mix, Fitz thought: aristocrat and man of the people, a brilliant administrator who could never resist meddling in other people's departments, a charmer who was disliked by most of his political colleagues.

We're all idealists," said Lord Silverman, smoothing over the conflict like a good host. "That's why we're in politics. People without ideals don't bother. But we have to confront the realities of elections and public opinion.

John Locke and other philosophers said a government's authority could come only from the consent of the people.

My father hated people who preached about morality. We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count. It's when you want so badly to do something wrong

Allies had stood on the sidelines, fighting minor wars, joining in only for the last eleven months. All their casualties put together were only a fraction of those suffered by the Soviet people.

There are no saints in politics. But imperfect people can still change the world for the better.

no se pesca la herejía de la gente como quien pesca piojos.

No se puede amar a la humanidad. Solo se puede amar a las personas. GRAHAM GREENE

Ya he visto esa misma reacción otras veces: hombres que odian a las personas a quienes han tratado de forma injusta, por paradójico que pueda parecer. Creo que eso se debe a que la víctima es un recordatorio perpetuo de su comportamiento vergonzoso.

Aveva desiderato eccitazioni, città, musica, gente, idee. Ora il desiderio di quelle cose l'aveva abbandonata, e non riusciva a comprendere come le avesse tanto agognate. Le sembrò che la pace fosse tutto quello che un essere umano avrebbe dovuto chiedere.

I'm sure, but at least people here know what's sinful and what's not. The other thing is that I've seen no slaves anywhere in Normandy." "There's a slave market in Rouen, but the buyers are foreigners. Slavery has been almost completely abolished here. Our clergy condemn it

Edgar found himself wondering whether her body hair was the same colour. He quickly pushed the thought away: it was foolish for a working man to think such thoughts about a noblewoman. She smiled at him and said: 'Have you walked here in this weather? Your nose looks as if it could drop off at any moment! Come with me and have some hot ale.' They entered the compound. Here, too, most people were staying indoors, though a handful of busy folk scurried from one building

So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people." "That's democracy.

and dances at night. Daisy greeted the people she knew, which was

Nu exist? sfinÈ›i în politic?. Doar oameni imperfecÈ›i, care pot totuÈ™i s? schimbe lumea în bine.

spectacles at Willow. "If we cooperate with these people, they—or someone else—could try the same stunt again." The mild, quiet voice of John Dixon cut in. "I don't think so, Ramsey. We're all going to be a lot more careful from now on—especially about provenances. This is the kind of trick you