I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.
I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
Do you want to be a man of today or a man of tomorrow?
I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.