Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.
A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.
Talking Back...to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels
War is the tool of small-minded scoundrels who worship the death of others on the altar of their greed.
Unfortunately, these kinds of storms not only bring out the best in people but also the worst in people. The people down there in New Orleans are going to be depressed, and they are going to be easy prey for a lot of these scoundrels.
Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.
All men are scoundrels, or at any rate almost all. The men who are not must have had unusual luck, both in their birth and in their upbringing
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.
A minority group has "arrived" only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.
A healthy hatred of scoundrels.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories