Memorable Quotes from Harvey Stephens
3 quotesIgnorance as an Advantage in Politics
Ninian Edwards
What'll yuh do, Abe?
[after he withdraws from politics]
Abraham Lincoln
Judge Stuart's offered me a chance to work in his law office in Springfield. Course I don't know much about the law, but there's one thing I've learned here in politics... that ignorance is no obstacle to advancement. In fact, in some cases it's quite an advantage.
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Ethics and Money in Moral Dilemmas
John Fleming
Doctor.
Dr. Malcolm Wells
Yes, John?
John Fleming
What would you do for half a million dollars?
Dr. Malcolm Wells
Anything short of murder.
John Fleming
Why not murder?
Dr. Malcolm Wells
Too messy.
John Fleming
Too great a risk?
Dr. Malcolm Wells
For half a million, yes.
John Fleming
I pinched a million from the bank.
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A Soldier's Reluctance to Accept Rank
Alvin
I don't want to be no corporal.
Captain Danforth
Why not?
Major Buxton
Wait a minute, captain, let him talk.
Alvin
Well, you see…
Major Buxton
Is it because of your religious convictions, York?
Alvin
Yes, sir, that's it. You see, I believe in ], and I'm a ] that this here ] we're living is something ] done ] us, and we got to be a-living it as best we can — and I'm figuring that ] other folks is no part of what he was intending us to be a-doing here.
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