Marquardt Village Quotes & Sayings

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like. — Larry Flynt

Give me a rose, that I may press its thorns, and prove myself awake by the sharp touch of pain! — Nathaniel Hawthorne

The more that I learn, the more sure I am that I have very much to learn ... — Philippa Gregory

Two generations ago only a few unfortunate children ever saw anyone hit over the head with a brick, shot, rammed by a car, blown up, immolated, raped or tortured. Now all children, along with their elders, see such images every day of their lives and are expected to enjoy them ... The seven-year-old who hides his eyes in the family cops-and-robbers drama is desensitized four years later to a point where he crunches potato chips through the latest video nasty. — Penelope Leach

For many scientists, as Lyotard concedes, scientific knowledge is the only form of knowledge there is, but if so, how then do we understand fairy stories and law? — Peter Watson

Human life doesn't seem to have much significance, and I don't know why. — Mpho Koaho

Thus a wise prince will think of ways to keep his citizens of every sort and under every circumstance dependent on the state and on him; and then they will always be trustworthy — Niccolo Machiavelli