Quote by Peter Ustinov about Mistakes and Intelligence
“Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.”
Peter Ustinov
Author Archive for: Jan
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Quote by Theodore Dalrymple: Wisdom and Societal Development with Age
“Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid?”
Theodore Dalrymple
Government According to Max Weber – Definition and Meaning
“A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.”
Max Weber
Max Weber Quote on the Role of Teachers and Inconvenient Facts
“The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize ‘inconvenient’ facts – I mean facts that are inconvenient for their party opinions.”
Max Weber
Quote by Peter Ustinov: To live like a poor man is only fun when you are rich
“To live like a poor man is only fun when you are rich.”
Peter Ustinov
Quote by Henry A. Wallace on Fascism and Intolerance
“A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.”
Henry A. Wallace
Terrorism is the War of the Poor – Quote by Peter Ustinov
“Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.”
Peter Ustinov
Quote by Theodore Dalrymple on Freedom and Responsibility
“The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.”
Theodore Dalrymple
Life is Unfair – Quote by Peter Ustinov
“Life is unfair but remember sometimes it is unfair in your favour.”
Peter Ustinov
Orders and Obedience – Quote by Theodore Dalrymple
“Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained.”
Theodore Dalrymple