The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights; the document is a very tough guardian of that belief

Quote by Roger Rosenblatt

Topics: Belief Quotes, Potential Quotes

The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights;...

The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights;...

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind....

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind....

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

Don't join the book burners... Don't be afraid to go in your library and read...

Don't join the book burners... Don't be afraid to go in your library and read...

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite,...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite,...

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...