Words Long

Famous quotes containing the words words and/or long:

    Words like “freedom,” “justice,” “democracy” are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.
    James Baldwin (1924–1987)

    It seems perfectly simple and inevitable, like lying down after a long day’s work.
    Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922)