A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement.
BERGEN EVANSA cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement.
BERGEN EVANSLegislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . .
BERGEN EVANSWisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
BERGEN EVANSThere is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
BERGEN EVANSFreedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
BERGEN EVANSFor the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.
BERGEN EVANSThat is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.
BERGEN EVANSMany studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one’s vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.
BERGEN EVANSAn honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.
BERGEN EVANSLying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
BERGEN EVANSThe mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.
BERGEN EVANSWe see what we want to see, and observation conforms to hypothesis.
BERGEN EVANSFor the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.
BERGEN EVANSMost civilized lives are measured out with coffee spoons.
BERGEN EVANSAuthors are magpies, echoing each other’s words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters.
BERGEN EVANSStoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.
BERGEN EVANS