#nora

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#dictated #ethical #even #honorable #military

John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#effort #him #honorable #jesus #john

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#cannot #column #falling #his #hold

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#best #best way #dealt #eyes #honorable

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#ignorance #innocence #us

The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#defends #everything #except #his #ignorant

The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#harder #honorable #more #oneself #path

I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#between #catcher #catcher in the rye #cliff #democracy

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#collective #democracy #ignorance #individual #pathetic

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#crazy #device #ignorant #making #more