It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide themselves. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt, The English Comic Writers, 1819
Please be assured that as we move along through the implementation of health insurance reform, making sure that we find efficiencies within the existing system, is foremost on the Presidents mind. – Valerie Jarrett
What made womens labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. – Clara Zetkin