WIST QuotationsAug 22

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong. Let them agree to differ; for who knows but what agreeing to differ may not be a form of agreement rather than a form of difference?

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 38

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Paul HornAug 12

Thank goodness they had instructions. I was just about to clamber up! 🚽

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mjtJul 27

“How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/?gift=RXPOOMoryRnayHP9s6YMz0_ddAsum59FP5ZpUz-j-44

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Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?

The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.

The Atlantic
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Jul 14

I’m thinking more and more that I might really need to see this movie: “The world is a complicated place. Life is complicated, both for each of us individually and for all of us together. But saving lives is not complicated. Whether to stop a war or not is not a difficult decision. Both are easy. People were going to die. That was the only thing that mattered. You shouldn’t have to be a super man to recognize that. We all should.”

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https://nerdist.com/article/superman-highlights-power-of-kindness-importance-right-vs-wrong/

SUPERMAN LOUDLY Reminds Us Knowing Right From Wrong Is Simple

The best idea in James Gunn's Superman was also its most important, because when it comes to saving people right and wrong really is simple.

Nerdist
WIST QuotationsMay 6

A quotation from Euripides

HECUBA: It the duty of a good man to do good everywhere and always to punish the evil men.
 
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἐσθλοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τῇ δίκῃ θ᾿ ὑπηρετεῖν
   καὶ τοὺς κακοὺς δρᾶν πανταχοῦ κακῶς ἀεί.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 844ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2007)]

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WIST QuotationsMay 1

A quotation from Josh Billings

We are never nearer right than we am when we fear we are rong.
 
[We are never nearer right than we are when we fear we are wrong.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)

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WIST QuotationsApr 10

A quotation from Thoreau

I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

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MarloweApr 2
Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25+ hours about the 5-alarm fire we in the US are experiencing and most are focusing on him breaking a record. How “American.” Come on, get it together! It can be scary, but this is our time to go big. Learn from those who have gone before us…
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WIST QuotationsMar 19

A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Attempt nothing, for which thou darest not pray to God.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 87 (1725)

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WIST QuotationsFeb 27

A quotation from Thoreau

What is wanted is men, not of policy, but of probity, — who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or the decision of the majority. The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls, — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

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