#u

And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. ↗

— Robert Treat Paine

#columbia #earth #plant #rolls #sea

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#anything #be true #cannot #child #mind

These are the times that try men's souls. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#souls #these #times #try

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#asks #liberty #nature #such #truth

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you. ↗

— Abraham Pais

#anything #because #caught #ever #get

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one? ↗

— Abraham Pais

#cited #course #everyone #frequencies #fundamental

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with. ↗

— Luis Palau

#begin #disillusioned #god #had #illusions

A man [Joyce] whose earliest stories appeared next to the manure prices in the Irish Homestead knew that columns of prose, like columns of shit, could both recultivate the earth. ↗

— Declan Kiberd

#james-joyce #joyce #literature #ulysses #art

The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move. ↗

— Abraham Pais

#anybody #assume #caught #game #honorable

I love the city and the people here. I've been with them for many years and I fought alongside them. ↗

— Bob Paisley

#been #city #fought #here #i