Frederick Douglass on talking

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

Where there is seeming contentment with slavery, there is certain treachery to freedom.

Let the nation try justice and the problem will be solved.

A great many of those who ‘debunk’ traditional…values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Abolition of Man

• Debate

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain1835–1910

If A is a success in life, than A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein1879–1955

• Success