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If ever I become entirely respectable I shall be quite sure that I have outlived myself.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- Character
I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think. I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- Courage
- Freedom
For myself, I want no advantage over my fellow man, and if he is weaker than I, all the more is it my duty to help him.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Negro and His Nemesis (1904)
- Charity
- Responsibility
Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- Character
Yes, I am my brother’s keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe to myself.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Issue (1908)
- Morality
- Responsibility
She won’t go quietly, that’s the problem. I’ll fight to the end, because I believe that I have a role to fulfill, and I’ve got two children to bring up.
Diana, Princess of Wales1961–1997Interview with Martin Bashir on BBC Panorama (20 November 1995)
- Courage
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Book the First: Recalled to Life, Chapter IIIIn context
- Character
Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.
Charles Dickens1812–1870Great Expectations (1861), Chapter XXVIIIn context
- Character
If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIn context
- Charity
I wear the chain I forged in life
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIn context
- Responsibility
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIn context
- Business
- Charity
Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man’s child.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIIIn context
- Charity
- Life & Death
This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIIIn context
- Charity
- Education
There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.
Charles Dickens1812–1870Oliver Twist (1838), Chapter XIn context
- Character
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.
Charles Dickens1812–1870Oliver Twist (1838), Chapter XXXVIIIn context
- Character
- Pride