Darrow, Clarence.
The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
Darwin, Charles
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
Dean, James.
Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die today.
Demming, W. Edwards
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
de Quincey, Thomas
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.
Descartes, Rene. Principles of Philosophy (1644)
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Don Juan de Marco
... in his day to day life a warrior chooses to follow the path with heart. He knows that a path has heart when he is one with it, when he experiences a great peace and pleasure traversing its length.
Donovan, James. New York State Senator
Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior?
Doyle, Arthur Conan.
D'Souza, Dinesh. The End of Racism
In a democratic society, however, the absence of the people's agreement on a fundamental moral question of governance is no mere technicality. The case for democracy, no less than the case against slavery, rests on the legitimacy of the people's consent. To outlaw slavery without the consent of the majority of whites would be to destroy democracy, and thus to destroy the very basis for outlawing slavery.
The men gathered in Philadelphia confronted a dilemma. For them to sanction slavery would be to proclaim the illegitimacy of the American Revolution and the new form of government based on the people's consent; yet for them to outlaw slavery without securing the people's consent would have the same effect. In practical terms as well, the choice facing the men gathered in Philadelphia was not to permit or to prohibit slavery. Rather, the choice was either to establish a union in which slavery was tolerated, or not to have a union. ... Thus the accusation that the founders compromised on the Declaration's principal promise that "all men are created equal" for the purpose of expediency reflects a grave misunderstanding. The founders were confronted with a competing principle, also present in the Declaration: governments derive their legitimacy "from the consent of the governed." Both principles must be satisfied, and where they cannot, compromise is not merely permissible but morally required.
Du Bois, W.E.B.
I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color line I walk arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas, where smiling men and welcoming women glide in gilded halls. From out of the caves of evening that swing between the strong-limbed earth and the tracery of the stars, I summon Aristotle and Aurelius and what soul I will, and they come all graciously with no scorn or condescension. So, wed with Truth, I dwell above the veil.
Dylan, Bob.
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
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