"Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right." »Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends." »Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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"Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large." »Plato
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"Cowardice asks Is it safe Expediency asks Is it politic But Conscience asks Is it right" »William Punshon
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"Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?" »William Punshon
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