Alexander Hamilton
View AuthorIt is an undeniable truth that the whole population of each country sincerely desires its prosperity; but it is equally irrefutable that it does not possess the discernment and stability necessary for a systematic government.
Alexander Hamilton
View AuthorTaking into account human nature, exercising power over a man's livelihood is equivalent to exercising power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton
View AuthorWhy has government been instituted? Because the passions of men do not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without coercive force.
Knut Hamsum
View AuthorGenius is a lightning bolt whose thunder echoes for centuries.
Godfrey H. Hardy
View AuthorExposition, criticism, and appreciation are tasks for second-rate minds.
S. Harris
View AuthorMany students approach studying as a liquid that needs to be swallowed, rather than as a solid that needs to be chewed. Then they wonder why it provides so little real nourishment.
Nicolai Hartmann
View AuthorIntelligence is the function that adapts the means to the ends.
Václav Havel
View AuthorAnyone who takes themselves too seriously runs the risk of appearing ridiculous. The same does not happen with someone who is always able to laugh at themselves.
Václav Havel
View AuthorThe first little lie that was told in the name of truth, the first small injustice committed in the name of justice, the first tiny immorality in the name of morality, will always signify the sure path to the end.
Václav Havel
View AuthorHope is not the same as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but rather the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Václav Havel
View AuthorThe tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that he cares less and less about it.
William Hazlitt
View AuthorThose impeccable authors are the ones who never wrote.