John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn quotes
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“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.”
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“Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into the acquisition of it.”
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“The next great task of science is to create a religion for humanity.”
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“You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.”
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“The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single saying.”
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“The means prepare the end, and the end is what the means have made of it.”
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“You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him.”
-- John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of BlackburnSource : "On Compromise". Book by John Morley, 1874.
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“The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.”
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“Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most nourishing are richly stored with it, and that is the main object to seek in reading books.”
-- John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
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“I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy”
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Source : Song: Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly
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Source : Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, Da Capo Press
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“Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.”
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