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, Right 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....

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

Hard writing makes easy reading.

Hard writing makes easy reading.

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...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

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.

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.

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

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...

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,...

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the...

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you 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,...

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,...

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

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