"The person who pays an ounce of..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated.
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“Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which enough men, it is hoped, will learn to want what is worth having.”
“What we don't need is more spending, and what we don't need are taxes, and what we do need is a lot less of both.”
“On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the responsibilities and joys of fatherhood. Whether our fathers are near at hand or a continent away, with their families or watching from the light of eternity, we take this day to remember them, to say our thanks for the years they have given us, and to ask that they receive God's blessings.”
More on Principle
“But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts”
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“By going one step further back in thought, discordant opinions are reconciled by being seen to be two extremes of one principle, and we can never go so far back as to preclude a still higher vision.”
More on Popularity
“Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.”
“Don't say you don't know! It's because of Kim. Meaning there's no photo that I would have put up by myself, or next to one of my smarty friends, that would have got that amount of likes. So now you take this photo that has that amount of likes, and it has a flower wall from the same guy who does the Lanvin shows, and it has a couture Givenchy dress and Givenchy tuxedo in it. That's the point. Now the thing that is the most popular is also communicating the highest level of creativity. The concept of Kimye has more cultural significance than what Page Six could write.”
“Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.”