„A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb: “Speak softly and carry a big stick—you will go far.” If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.“

— Theodore Roosevelt

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„Has he therefore outwitted the law? Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„Only you," he said, so softly I could barely hear him. "To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service of my hands. To give ye my name, and all my heart and soul with it. Only you. Because ye will not let me lie--and yet ye love me.“
— Diana Gabaldon
„Yes, and only if my own true love was waitingIf I could hear his heart softly poundingYes, and only if he was lying by meWould I lie in my bed once again.“
— Bob Dylan
„Just because you didn't speak the facts out loud didn't erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.“
— Jodi Picoult