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People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another; they argue because they hold different goals.

William Hollingsworth "Holly" Whyte, Jr. (1917-1999) American sociologist, journalist, and civic planner
“Groupthink,” Fortune (Mar 1952)

A good many people find it comfortable for now, and sufficient, to extol, and propose to enforce, the values of what they call the Judeo-Christian tradition. Theirs is not a long view. Recall again the Islam is the fastest growing religion. It may or may not come to predominate. We can be nearly certain, however, that the current state of affairs will not endure. Today’s Protestant minority in the United States may thank its ancestors who fashioned decent places for minorities when they were the majority. Today’s power structure should be preserving that tradition. It is the essence of the Bill of Rights.

Marvin E. Frankel (1920-2002) American lawyer, judge, legal scholar
Faith and Freedom: Religious Liberty in America (1994)

There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.

George H. W. Bush (b. 1924) US President (1989-93)
Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

If we giv up our minds tew little things we never shall be fit for big ones. I knew a man once who could ketch more flies with one swoop ov his hand than enny boddy else could, and he want good at ennything else.

[If we give up our minds to little things we never shall be fit for big ones. I knew a man once who could catch more flies with one swoop of his hand than anybody else could, and he wasn't good at anything else.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)

O that our souls could scale a height like this,
A mighty mountain swept o’er by the bleak
Keen winds of heaven; and, standing on that peak
Above the blinding clouds of prejudice,
Would we could see all truly as it is;
The calm eternal truth would keep us meek.

Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) American poet
“A Hill-Top View” (1904)