The very fact that he had no rabble or troop of hirelings about him would alone distinguish him from ordinary heroes. His company ...was small indeed, because few could be found worthy to pass muster. Each one who there laid down his life for the poor and oppressed was a picked man,... a man of principle, of rare courage, and devoted humanity; ready to sacrifice his life at any moment for the benefit of his fellow-man. It may be doubted if there were as many more their equals in these respects in all the country.... These alone were ready to step between the oppressor and the oppressed. Surely they were the very best men you could select to be hung. That was the greatest compliment which this country could pay them. They were ripe for the gallows. She has tried a long time, she has hung a good many, but never found the right one before.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democr...atic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Besides, our action on each other, good as well as evil, is so incidental and at random, that we can seldom hear the acknowledgmen...ts of any person who would thank us for a benefit, without some shame and humiliation. We can rarely strike a direct stroke, but must be content with an oblique one; we seldom have the satisfaction of yielding a direct benefit, which is directly received.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities'. To have it legalized will al...so be to lose control of it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official st...ation than another.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the ...multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges ... which are employed altogether for their benefit.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It... is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of... our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for t...he benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Most of the rules and precepts of the world take this course of pushing us out of ourselves and driving us into the market place, ...for the benefit of public society.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »