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....

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an...

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.

His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the...

His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the...

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,...

Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered...

Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered...

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

[Readers] who like facts will be better off with a straight history that spares them...

[Readers] who like facts will be better off with a straight history that spares them...

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...

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who...

There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who...