April 5

"4 InvisibleSun 17:11, 3 April 2007 (UTC)"

"3 Kalki 12:53, 4 April 2007 (UTC) but would extend this to : "The world is fast learning that of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him." -->"

"3 InvisibleSun 13:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC) -->"

"4 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) for either version."

"1 with a lean toward 2 for the longer version. Zarbon 18:15, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"3 for the extended version. - InvisibleSun 22:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC) -->"

"4 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:48, 1 April 2010 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 04:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)"

"3 InvisibleSun 22:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC) -->"

"4 Zarbon 04:16, 31 March 2009 (UTC)"

"4 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:20, 2 April 2011 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) though a clear cognizance of mortality is desirable, to dwell too much upon death and the things worse than it are one of the things that worsen life, and diminish the levels and forms of joy one can focus upon developing. I upgraded my ranking, but only if extended for context:"

"4 (but I'm not really sure how the system works) 99of9 05:22, 16 February 2012 (UTC)"

"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 21:15, 1 April 2012 (UTC) -->"

"1 Zarbon 23:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC) -->"

"2 Zarbon 23:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC) -->"

"2 Zarbon 18:15, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"2 InvisibleSun 22:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC) -->"

"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:38, 4 April 2016 (UTC) 2 Kalki 12:53, 4 April 2007 (UTC) I would rank this higher, but a variant of this has already been used."

"2 because hatred would make one transform into the thing he avoids to become. To hate is to be the same as the hated. Zarbon 23:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC)"

"4. Great quote by a great man. – Illegitimate Barrister 02:40, 8 August 2015 (UTC) -->"

"3 because once mankind is growing, laws cannot repress knowledge. Zarbon 04:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)"

"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 4 April 2018 (UTC) * 3 Kalki 04:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC) but would extend this to read:"

"1 Zarbon 18:15, 4 April 2009 (UTC) -->"

"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:00, 4 April 2020 (UTC), 2 Kalki 20:32, 4 April 2009 (UTC) 3 Kalki 12:53, 4 April 2007 (UTC) though this remains largely true, there are other quotes which have been suggested which I strongly prefer, and have a very strong preference for a remark by Swinburne I have added today. If this one were to be used, I would also prefer to trim "In the first place" as unnecessary and referential to prior unquoted comments. ~ Kalki 20:32, 4 April 2009 (UTC), but extended to read:"

"4 InvisibleSun 13:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC)"

"2 Zarbon 04:16, 31 March 2009 (UTC)"

"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC) 3 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.// but extended it slightly for context."

"3 because everyone can be placed under the same circumstances...but sometimes, it is the man's character that differentiates him from others. Zarbon 04:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)"

"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:00, 5 April 2025 (UTC) 3 Kalki 04:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC) but extended to read : Character, not circumstances, makes the man. It is more important that we be prepared for voting than that we vote, more important that we be prepared to hold office than that we hold office, more important that we be prepared for the highest recognition than that we be recognized."

"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. ~ Booker T. Washington"

"3 Kalki 12:53, 4 April 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4."

"3 Kalki 12:53, 4 April 2007 (UTC)"

"3 because everyone can attack, but it takes a man of high caliber to restrain oneself. Zarbon 17:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki 04:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC) (but this is a quote of Thucydides which Powell used, and should be noted as such — and thus I am inclined to rank at 3 if properly cited.)"

"2 if credited to Thucydides. - InvisibleSun 22:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"3 because this is a principle to live by. Zarbon 17:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki 04:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3."

"2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3, or eventual 4."

"3 Zarbon 04:16, 31 March 2009 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"3 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) needs more context."

"2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) (but would trim the first word, as there really isn't much context here, without the preceding stanza of the poem "Faustine" and the final words of this one."

"2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3."

"3 and lean toward 4. Zarbon 04:16, 31 March 2009 (UTC)"

"3 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) but only if extended to read:"

"3 for the extended quote. - InvisibleSun 22:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) the full context is not provided by this, but I could rank it a 3 or 4 eventually if extended to read:"

"3 for either form of the quote. - InvisibleSun 22:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki 15:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC) there is too little context within this and the previous quote to provide clear and proper sense of what Hobbes was actually saying, and I would prefer to extend this considerably to indicate more of that, and in extended form I could rank it a 3 or a 4:"

"1 with a lean toward 2. Zarbon 18:15, 4 April 2009 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 12:29, 30 December 2010 (UTC)"

"2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 12:29, 30 December 2010 (UTC) with a slight lean toward 3."

"2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:17, 5 April 2019 (UTC)"

"4 Lisa (talk) 08:21, 31 March 2021 (UTC) thought provoking and poetic"

"2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC) — but would extend this for context to read:"

"3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:49, 4 April 2024 (UTC)"