Conservatives pride themselves on resisting change, which is as it should be. But intelligent deference to tradition and stability can evolve into intellectual sloth and moral fanaticism, as when conservatives simply decline to look up from dogma because the effort to raise their heads and reconsider is too great.
The laws concerning marijuana aren't exactly indefensible, because practically nothing is, and the thunderers who tell us to stay the course can always find one man or woman who, having taken marijuana, moved on to severe mental disorder.
But that argument, to quote myself, is on the order of saying that every rapist began by masturbating.
General rules based on individual victims are unwise.
And although there is a perfectly respectable case against using marijuana, the penalties imposed on those who reject that case, or who give way to weakness of resolution, are very difficult to defend.
- "William F. Buckley, Jr."
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending spiral, ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody. Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love.
- "Martin Luther King, Jr."
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending spiral, ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody. Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love.
- "Martin Luther King, Jr."
Well you know, that's still my first love. I'll die and say that I was a DB. But you know, there's still time —— there's still time in my life to still be able to fulfill my dream.
- "Ted Ginn, Jr."
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.
- "Martin Luther King, Jr."
Ta opowieść się nigdy nie kończy. Ludzie walczyli ze sobą, walczą i dalej będą walczyć. Jeżeli zwyciężysz, musisz walczyć w obronie tego, co zdobyłeś. Jeżeli przegrałeś, musisz walczyć, by przeżyć i odzyskać to, co straciłeś.A... dlaczego? – Dlatego, że nigdy nie jest dość.
- "L.E. Modesitt, Jr."
Nitko ti ne može sjesti za vrat, ako se ti sam ne pogneš.
- "Martin Luther King, Jr."
Niko ti ne može sjesti za vrat, ako se ti sam ne pogneš.
- "Martin Luther King, Jr."