John Ross quotes

John Ross quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life.”
-- John Ross

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“If the world were a big apartment, we wouldn't get our deposit back.”
-- John Ross

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“Unless you're one of the first Americans, a Native American, you came from someplace else. Somebody brought you.”
“If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.”
“But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.”
“any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.”
“There's no point in spending your life in the pursuit of something that's easy.”
“I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.”
“Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice.”
“It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.”
“We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.”
“I'm not so sure it's so civilized to be civilized all the time.”

Source : Jean Kerr (1982). “Lunch hour”, Doubleday

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