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It is the fundamental duty of the citizen to resist and to restrain the violence of the state.
Noam Chomskyborn 1928Foreword to John Duffett (ed.), Against the Crime of Silence: Proceedings of the International War Crimes Tribunal (1970), p. xxiv
- Government
- Responsibility
She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.
Kate Chopin1850–1904The Awakening (1899), Chapter XIXIn context
- Character
The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.
Kate Chopin1850–1904The Awakening (1899), Chapter XXVIIIn context
- Courage
- Freedom
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.
Agatha Christie1890–1976The ABC Murders (1936)
- Character
Weak and kindly people are often very treacherous. And if they’ve got a grudge against life it saps the little moral strength that they may possess.
Agatha Christie1890–1976A Murder is Announced (1950)
- Character
The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.
Winston Churchill1874–1965
- America
- Responsibility
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill1874–1965
- Courage
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill1874–1965The Second World War (1939–1945)
- Responsibility
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Winston Churchill1874–19651930-1935 Wilderness Years
- Courage
All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: Freedom; Justice; Honour; Duty; Mercy; Hope.
Winston Churchill1874–1965United Europe Meeting, Albert Hall, London (May 14, 1947). Cited in Churchill by Himself, ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs (2008), p. 26
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, ‘it is the quality which guarantees all others.’
Winston Churchill1874–1965In Great Contemporaries, “Alfonso XIII” (1937)
- Courage
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion’s heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in Westminster Hall (30 November 1954), quoted in The Times (1 December 1954), p. 11
- Courage
- Leadership
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons, November 12, 1936 “Debate on the Address”
- Change
- Responsibility
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons, June 18, 1940 “War Situation”.
- Courage
- War & Peace
If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech to the Cabinet (28 May 1940), quoted in Martin Gilbert, Finest Hour: Winston S. Churchill, 1939–1941 (1983), p. 420
- Courage
- War & Peace