We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the read more

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we read more

There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse of this trust by the government.

Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.

Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.

He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.

He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

When I step out of the role you have written for me
you make me feel like a plagiarist.
from read more

When I step out of the role you have written for me
you make me feel like a plagiarist.
from the play Jake's Women.

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar