The sick man is taken away by the institution that takes charge not of the individual, but of his illness, an isolated object tran...sformed or eliminated by technicians devoted to the defense of health the way others are attached to the defense of law and order or tidiness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set ever...yone gearing up for World War II½. Can we count on Saddam Hussein to come along every year and resolve our defense-policy debates? Given the history of the Middle East, it's possible.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then ...come, follow me." When the young man heard this word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Some of us who sit upon this platform have many a time been clamored down, and told that we had no right to speak, and that we wer...e out of our place in public meetings; far be it from us, when women assemble, and a man has a thought in his soul, burning for utterance, to retaliate upon him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, Let him combat for that of his neighbors;... Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome, And get knocked on the head for his labors.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young ...man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveller.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The law before us, my lords, seems to be the effect of that practice of which it is intended likewise to be the cause, and to be d...ictated by the liquor of which it so effectually promotes the use; for surely it never before was conceived by any man entrusted with the administration of public affairs, to raise taxes by the destruction of the people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »