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  • I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people of a free republic like our own their indisputable right to criticize their own public officials. While exercising the great powers of the office I hold, I would regret in a crisis like the one through which we are now passing to lose the benefit of patriotic and intelligent criticism.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Country Quotes , Regret Quotes
  • China didn't want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul - which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless, I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
    • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Regret Quotes , Suicidal Quotes
  • People expect those in authority to take on big problems and to solve them. We had an opportunity to reform Social Security in a way that would have protected people's benefits and created a solvent system. Younger workers would be confident that the money they were putting into the system would be available to them when they retired. It was a missed opportunity. I regret that.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Regret Quotes , Opportunity Quotes
  • Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Confucius Quotes , Regret Quotes , Mistake Quotes
  • My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they'll leave in people's hearts. They realize the no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.
    • 6 years ago



    Tags : Abraham Verghese Quotes , Regret Quotes , Heart Quotes
  • Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the government of worse men; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors, as the penalty of abstaining to speak,--that they shall hear worse orators than themselves.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Wise Quotes , Regret Quotes
  • As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of my own countrymen. Greater writers than these also did not receive the prize. I would have been happy - happier - today if the prize had been given to that beautiful writer Isak Dinesen.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Regret Quotes