12 Quotes & Sayings By Kenneth Roberts

Kenneth Roberts was an American author and poet. He is best known for his long-running series of stories set in the American West, particularly the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip. Roberts was born in Chicago in 1909 and spent much of his early life in rural Kansas. After high school, he worked as a ranch hand, a newspaper reporter, and a newspaper editor Read more

In 1933 he began writing poetry and essays, which won him the Harmon prize in 1934. With the help of his brother, he moved to New York City in 1936 and became a popular writer of short stories for magazines such as Colliers, The Saturday Evening Post, and Liberty.

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If it's really education you want for Nathan, ' Buell said, 'have him read the papers, so he'll know what's going on in the world, and why. Teach him to be interested in everything he doesn't understand - interested enough to find out about it from books or people that aren't afraid to tell the truth. Kenneth Roberts
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All of us know history repeats itself, but mighty few of us recognize the repetition until too late. Kenneth Roberts
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Valiant! The word mocked me, for I knew myself to be anything but valiant. What I had done, I had done in a fit of insane bitterness, not with cool courage, not with brave quick thinking, not with presence of mind - but with absence of it. Kenneth Roberts
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People never believe anything - except scandal - when they first hear it. Kenneth Roberts
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People never believe anything - except scandal - when they first heart it. Kenneth Roberts
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Great men tell the truth and are never believed. Lesser men are always believed, but seldom have the brains or the courage to tell the truth. Kenneth Roberts
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My God, Judge, do men believe whatever lie they hear about an enemy? Kenneth Roberts
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Never until the wounded came back from Bunker Hill had I realized the lengths of which a determined minority will go in order to achieve its ends. For the first time I understood one of the fundamentals of warfare: that armies cannot be raised by nations or parties unless the rage of the people is first kindled by lies and name-calling. Kenneth Roberts
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If I was a private individual, I'd be more careful; but being as I'm a government, I'm privileged to make a God-damned fool of myself in any way I choose, especially by spending a lot more money than I've got or ever will have, and promising to do things that I ain't got a chance of doing. Kenneth Roberts
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I'll never use force to try to make my enemies think the way I think, George - partly because I don't believe in it, and partly because it's useless. You can't destroy ideas by force, and you can't hide 'em by silence. Kenneth Roberts
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I learned, then, beyond question, that if all the property in the world were distributed, and an equal share given to everyone, the bulk of mankind would soon be destitute, and a few would have everything. Kenneth Roberts