Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependent upon popular opinion? – William Lloyd Garrison

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top. – Frank Moore Colby

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. – Max Lerner, Actions and Passions, 1949