#a good man

We saw what happened in Jimmy Carter's administration. President Carter was a good man with the best of intentions. But he came to Washington without a good working relationship with Democratic members of Congress, which played a big part in his administration's problems. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#administration #best #big #came #carter

In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment. ↗

— Florence Kelley

#better #chance #cheap #earnings #employment

The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi. ↗

— Dave Thomas

#anger #appears #bad #bad guys #becomes

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#bad #bad man #believe #believed #best

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#being #business #compromise #discourage #enough

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly. ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#assuming #awful #being #decent #even

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man. I would respectfully disagree with that. ↗

— Ken Mehlman

#did #disagree #good #good man #great

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#archie #character #false #fool #good

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

#bad #bad man #brains #good #good man

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read. ↗

— Ross Perot

#action #author #being #contemplation #good