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Men Quotes

Serious duty and dry humor, side by side.

Quotes about "men" here range from serious to sharply funny — one set addresses military service and daily accountability, while another pushes back on the idea that women should shape themselves around what men expect. For related themes, see Great quotes.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they...

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

As long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

The truth is that all great men have had great mothers. Great women have had, as a rule, great fathers.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

All the men of wealth should remember that everybody in a community has got, in some way, to be supported. I want to see them so that they can support themselves by their own labor.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Homes make patriots. He who has sat by his own fireside with wife and children will defend it. Few men have been patriotic enough to shoulder a musket in defense of a boarding house. The prosperity and glory of our...

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Quotes by Robert E. Howard

The people among which I lived - and yet live, mainly - made their living from cotton, wheat, cattle, oil, with the usual percentage of business men and professional men.

Quotes by Robert E. Howard

Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.

Quotes by Robert Crumb

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to...

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage.

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men.

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections.

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny.

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.

Quotes by Robert Cecil

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

Quotes by Robert Browning

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

Quotes by Robert Browning

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes about "Men" will I find on this page?
A mix of tones - a serious quote about military service and accountability, a thoughtful line about encouraging women to be themselves rather than conform to men's expectations, and a couple of lighter, humorous quotes about men and buses, and a cheeky Christmas quip.
Is there a serious quote about military service here?
Yes, one quote describes men and women fighting in Iraq as "held accountable for their performance and their conduct," serving on duty and off, twenty-four hours a day, in defense of the country's safety and rights. For more on themes of duty and character, see the Great page.
Is there a funny or lighthearted quote about men in this collection?
Definitely. One quote jokes: "Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear." Another wishes "goodwill to men" at Christmas, with the punchline being they should also help with the washing up.
Is there a quote about gender expectations?
Yes, one quote talks about encouraging women to be themselves "rather than what men want them to be," and rejects patronizing either sex. Browse the Life page for more reflections on identity and relationships.
Why does this page mix serious and humorous quotes?
Because that's simply the range of quotes people have written using the word "men" - from weighty statements about accountability and service to playful jabs about dating and holiday chores. For more of both tones, check out the Good and Like pages.

The lighter entries take a comic, exasperated tone about men in everyday life, including holiday chores and the long wait for a good one to come along. Continue with Good quotes or Like quotes for more comparisons.