For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is the sharing of a common view in these matters that makes a household and a state.
The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy.
That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.
The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.
Just as the witticism brings two very different real objects under one concept, the pun brings two different concepts, by the assistance of accident, under one word.
Boredom is an evil that is not to be estimated lightly. It can come in the end to real despair. The public authority takes precautions against it everywhere, as against other universal calamities.
But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.
To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that’s real power.
The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
I want it real. I want to know that there is someone, somewhere, who wants it, too. Or else what is the use of seeing it, and working, and burning oneself for an impossible vision? A spirit, too, needs fuel. It can run dry.
I saw that evil was impotent – that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-real – and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.
The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.
That is our generation’s task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American.
I also believe that if we’re serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections.
We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
I don’t have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real.
People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You’ll have a sense of what a socialist is.
Of course, there’s been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I’m committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt. But we can’t simply cut our way to prosperity.
Our environment is too important to neglect and it’s time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.
I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.