"I told him, Don't speak foolishly because of the nature of our work.
Such then is my counsel to thee, O king! (SS 7). "And thou, Mardonius, son of Gobryas, forbear to speak foolishly concerning the Greeks, who are men that ought not to be lightly esteemed by us.
But in 1944 he had this to say: "One of the prerogatives of American citizenship is the right to criticize public men and measures -- and that means not only informed and responsible criticism but the freedom to speak foolishly and without moderation".
In a memorable passage from his majority opinion in 1944, Justice Felix Frankfurter (who was Jewish and hardly enamored of Nazis) wrote: "One of the prerogatives of American citizenship is the right to criticize public men and measures — and that means not only informed and responsible criticism but the freedom to speak foolishly and without moderation".
Some leaders stayed away, others spoke and acted foolishly.
Pop had it in for the Reverend Dr. Kovner, not because he was an apostate (Pop couldn't have cared less), not because the mission was a racket (he admitted that the Reverend Doctor was personally honest), but because Dr. Kovner behaved foolishly, spoke like a fool, and acted like a fiddler.
Joel Keller, the BART director who represents the eastern Contra Costa area and who pushed for the new BART line, said that if he withdrew his support, "you'd be writing about the former BART director who foolishly spoke in the face of rural legend".
You know, last week, the media was all a-kvetch at how "over-exposed" President Barack Obama was, by foolishly going on teevee and speaking to reporters about adult concerns.
In speaking about Guantánamo, Trump said, "In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield, including the ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released".
I'm glad you spoke your mind; I foolishly didn't know you had one.
Most importantly, Haewon emerges as a complex character in whose foolishly open company we would happily spend more time, her understated manner speaking volumes, her gestures gently telling their own story.
