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The People

«Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears.»
«Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.»
«Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.»
«If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet) | Keywords: The People
«If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.»
«Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.»
«If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.»
«In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny.»
«If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?»
«I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.»