| "To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue." Proverb &bull Courtesy |
| "Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit." William Penn &bull Popularity |
| "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward." Soren Kierkegaard &bull Life |
| "Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young." Gilbert Keith Chesterton &bull Experience |
| "Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages." Henry Ward Beecher &bull Principles |
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Thomas Jefferson quotesA strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
