#persons

Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice. ↗

— Max Nordau

#before #built #citizens #civilization #crimes

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out. ↗

— Barack Obama

#american people #brothers #children #co-workers #cousins

I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#character #expose #eyes #i #i think

All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the murder of the President and shall be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death. ↗

— Edwin M. Stanton

#before #commission #concealment #conspirators #death

Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#drinking #drunk #eating #ignorant #indigestion

...what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ... ↗

— John Geddes

#persons #respect #sacred #wise-words #respect

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#good #good nature #honor #knowledge #money

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. ↗

— Voltaire

#deny #few #fewer #merit #more

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy. ↗

— Voltaire

#after #consider #energy #loss #most

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#am #deeply #fond #i #i am