All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

Quote by John W Gardner

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The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free...

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

The cynic says, One man can't do anything. I say, Only one man can do...

The cynic says, One man can't do anything. I say, Only one man can do...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle...

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle...

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

Belief gets in the way of learning.

Belief gets in the way of learning.

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the...

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the...

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...