"Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges." ― Thomas W. Higginson Topic(s): Government Tags: great, isolated, rarely More From Thomas W. Higginson "Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear." "When a thought takes one’s breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence." "There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor." More In Government "I don’t believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they’re going to fail."― T. Boone Pickens "Politically, the world is so confused right now – there’s so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government."― Alice Walker "I’m a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can’t challenge the man I’m with if means I’m going to end up alone."― Jane Fonda