{"quotes":[{"text":"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives... I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it. Suppose any party, in addition to whatever share it may possess of the ability of the community, has nearly the whole of its stupidity, that party must, by the law of its constitution, be the stupidest party; and I do not see why honorable gentlemen should see that position as at all offensive to them, for it ensures their being always an extremely powerful party . . . There is so much dense, solid force in sheer stupidity, that any body of able men with that force pressing behind them may ensure victory in many a struggle, and many a victory the Conservative party has gained through that power.'John Stuart Mill ( British philosopher, economist, and liberal member of Parliament for Westminster from 1865 to 68 ).","author":"John Stuart Mill","tags":["altruism","conservative","liberal","libertarian","politics","progressive","selfishness"],"id":3527,"author_id":"John+Stuart+Mill"},{"text":"A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.","author":"Leonard Bernstein","tags":["altruism","conservative","government","liberal","libertarian","politics","progressive","selfishness","state"],"id":4565,"author_id":"Leonard+Bernstein"},{"text":"The practice of cultivating altruism has a beneficial effect not only from the religious point of view but also from the mundane point of view, not only for long term spiritual development but even in terms of immediate rewards.","author":"Dalai Lama XIV","tags":["altruism","spiritual-development"],"id":8910,"author_id":"Dalai+Lama+XIV"},{"text":"He learned...Never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.","author":"Janvier Chouteu-Chando","tags":["altruism","betrayal","faith","family","friendship","hope","humor","inspirational","life","love","loyalty","motivational","philosophy","romance","solidarity","spirituality","success","truth","wisdom"],"id":9335,"author_id":"Janvier+Chouteu-Chando"},{"text":"Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["altruism","choices","decisions","experiences","following-christ","games","helping-others","inspiration","life-lessons","life-missions","motivation","perspective","service","stories","success","winning"],"id":12430,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"You will achieve what you want to achieve, only if you can cope with the theory of altruism.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["achievement","achievers","altruism","benevolence","compassion","feelings","giver","giving","help","helping","helping-the-poor","letting-go","love","magnanimity","michael-bassey-johnson","pity","poverty","rendering","sacrifice","surrender","unattachment"],"id":13330,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"The greatest sacrifice a man can make is the image of his soul.","author":"Janvier Chouteu-Chando","tags":["altruism","life","nationalism","patriotism","sacrifice"],"id":15419,"author_id":"Janvier+Chouteu-Chando"},{"text":"It's tempting to ask why if you fed your neighbors during the time of the earthquake and fire, you didn't do so before or after.","author":"Rebecca Solnit","tags":["altruism","inspirational","thought-provoking","utopia"],"id":20396,"author_id":"Rebecca+Solnit"},{"text":"A writer needs a partner who can act as fuel to his artistic mind, yet has the great ability to sober him up and help him be in sync with the non-artistic part of his soul.","author":"Janvier Chouteu-Chando","tags":["altruism","betrayal","faith","family","friendship","hope","humor","inspirational","life","love","loyalty","motivational","philosophy","romance","solidarity","spirituality","success","truth","wisdom"],"id":21758,"author_id":"Janvier+Chouteu-Chando"},{"text":"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness... \u0026 ... Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.–.","author":"John Kenneth Galbraith","tags":["altruism","conservative","liberal","libertarian","politics","progressive","selfishness"],"id":25598,"author_id":"John+Kenneth+Galbraith"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":236,"pages":24,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}