#fault

To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power. ↗

— Norman Thomas

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Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#evil #fault #faults #full #further

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. ↗

— Jean Paul

#cannot #character #clearness #discover #easily

Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#clear #cut #democratic #economic #economic growth

The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure. ↗

— Rick Perry

#argument #believe #constitution #core #core values

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect? ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#his #how #nobody #perfect #unless

Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him. ↗

— Pontius Pilate

#before #behold #brought #examined #fault

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. ↗

— Plutarch

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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. ↗

— Plutarch

#difficult #easy #fault #find #may

I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#any #belongs #caesar #fault #finding