Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Journals, 1824 True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels themthe desire to do rightis precisely the same.
But I have sent for you to inquire what was your motive in making such a curious vow.
you are never so near victory as when defeated in a good cause Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887) Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.
Henry Ford II (1917 - 1987) America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
