WIST Quotations

Addison, Joseph -- Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243

Dave — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:48:28 +0000

We should esteem virtue though in a foe, and abhor vice though in a friend.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243
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Disraeli, Benjamin -- Speech, House of Commons (14 Mar 1850)

Dave — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:50:06 +0000

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) English politician and author
Speech, House of Commons (14 Mar 1850)

Scalzi, John -- Old Man’s War, ch. 7 (2005)

Dave — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:04:57 +0000

What’s the point of being in charge if you can’t indulge in pointless favoritism?

John Scalzi (b. 1969) American writer
Old Man’s War, ch. 7 (2005)

Johnson, Lyndon -- Quoted in Leslie Carpenter, “Whip from Texas,” Collier’s (1951-02-17)

Dave — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:29:14 +0000

There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) American politician, educator, US President (1963-69)
Quoted in Leslie Carpenter, “Whip from Texas,” Collier’s (1951-02-17)
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When asked, as a freshman US Senator, about favoritism among his staff.