William M. Evarts famous quotes

The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines.
-- William M. Evarts

#Rocks #Plymouth #Knees

Truth is to the moral world what gravitation is to the material.
-- William M. Evarts

#World #Moral #Truth Is

It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.
-- William M. Evarts

#Men #Together #World

The world can absorb only doses of truth... too much would kill it.
-- William M. Evarts

#Truth #Too Much #World

The dignity of the act is the deliberate, circumspect, open, and serene performance by these men in the clear light of day, and by a concurrent purpose, of a civic duty, which embraced the greatest hazards to themselves and to all the people from whom they held this deputed discretion, but which, to their sober judgments, promised benefits to that people and their posterity, from generation to generation, exceeding these hazards and commensurate with its own fitness.
-- William M. Evarts

#Men #Light #People

Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine ordinance of government, in every stage of the ascent, was adjustable on principles of common reason to the actual condition of a people, and always had for its objects, in the benevolent councils of the divine wisdom, the happiness, the expansion, the security, the elevation of society, and the redemption of man. They sought in vain for any title of authority of man over man, except of superior capacity and higher morality.
-- William M. Evarts

#Father #Men #Civilization

When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff.

Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?

My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.

I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.

I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.

I don't know if it's possible to live the rock'n'roll lifestyle and still be romantic.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

Hate brings me to my knees, love gets me on my feet.

Askin what happened to the feelin that her and me had, I pray so much about it, need some knee pads.

One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.