Famous quotes containing the words time and/or act:
“... patriotism cannot go back to an innocent time before the murderous excesses of twentieth-century nationalism.”
—Jean Bethke Elshtain (b. 1941)
“When a uniform exercise of kindness to prisoners on our part has been returned by as uniform severity on the part of our enemies, you must excuse me for saying it is high time, by other lessons, to teach respect to the dictates of humanity; in such a case, retaliation becomes an act of benevolence.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)