I cannot conjure up an ounce of respect for Bill Clinton when it comes to the military. Every time I see him salute a Marine, it infuriates me. I... →
Jim Webb
One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility.
Max Weber
A highly developed stock exchange cannot be a club for the cult of ethics.
A culture cannot lie down with dogs and not become utterly infested with fleas. The dogs, in this case, are the mongrel media and the corporate... →
Steven Weber
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Daniel Webster
God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.
Andre Weil
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed... →
Simone Weil
Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no more than corpses.
I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of... →
One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.