#noble

The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#business #conservation #enterprise #exist #fails

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race. ↗

— James Payn

#because #benefit #cherished #example #human

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#american #american people #incorporated #just #labor

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#burning #came #cutting #down #dynasty

No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child. ↗

— Charlotte Saunders Cushman

#character #child #enduring #grand #high

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#even #good #good idea #idea #like

You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world. ↗

— Vicente Fox

#better #better world #causes #commitment #count

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? ↗

— Milton Friedman

#nobler #political #really #self-interest #somehow

If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble. ↗

— Michael Moore

#ever #good #good movie #making #movie

You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#afraid #canada #capital #causes #noble