The equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience is held by the same ...tenure with all our rights. [The legislature] are bound to leave this particular right untouched and sacred, [or] we must say, that they may control freedom of the press, may abolish the trial by jury, may swallow the Executive and the Judiciary Powers of the State; nay that they may despoil us of our very right of suffrage ... or we must say, that they have no authority to enact [a religious assessment].LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The first year was critical to my assessment of myself as a person. It forced me to realize that, like being married, having child...ren is not an end in itself. You don't at last arrive at being a parent and suddenly feel satisfied and joyful. It is a constantly reopening adventure.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The whore is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rel...y on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or el...ection campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purposes on officers or subordinates should be allowed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Children should know there are limits to family finances or they will confuse "we can't afford that" with "they don't want me to h...ave it." The first statement is a realistic and objective assessment of a situation, while the other carries an emotional message.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Well, what does "good" mean anyway...? As Wittgenstein suggested, "good," like "game," has a family of meanings. Prominent among t...hem is this one: "meets the criteria or standards of assessment or evaluation."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Temptress has now been shown here--terrible. The story, Garbo, everything is extremely bad. It is no exaggeration to say that ...I was dreadful. I was tired, I couldn't sleep and everything went wrong. But the main reason is, I suppose, that I'm no actress.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to t...he credit. Except of course when it's more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The people who make wars, the people who reduce their fellows to slavery, the people who kill and torture and tell lies in the nam...e of their sacred causes, the really evil people in a word--these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they're the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »