For the past three years, the Senate intelligence committee has avoided carrying out its oversight of our nation's intelligence programs whenever the… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
India - The land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life, but also facts which… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
“It is not difficult to stand above the conventions when we leave no hostages among them; men can always be more unconventional… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it. But… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
The signers of the Declaration of Independence did not pledge their fortunes and sacred honor so the federal government could play 'helicopter… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
By sabotaging the FTC's independence, Trump is trying to ensure this agency works only for his interests, not those of the small… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
The dignity of the act is the deliberate, circumspect, open, and serene performance by these men in the clear light of day,… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I will not offer my thoughts on what Japan could and should have done, this is none of my business, it is… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
So it was a really pleasant surprise when [Independence Day] turned out to be a successful film. I don't know if you've… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step along the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. Either our rights come from God, as our Declaration of Independence says, or they come from… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
“You may be operating from the belief that you must do everything yourself because no one will ever be there for you.… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
The way I was grew up gave me a slight fearlessness and a sense of independence. There are things about it that… — Sam Taylor-Johnson Copy Share Image
Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of matrimony. While there is less constraint on girls there… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, is a true populist; Senator Bernie Sanders, the former U.S. presidential candidate who… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The closeness of the India-Afghanistan relationship is not a new phenomenon. It has existed since time immemorial. And as a close friend,… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The spinning wheel became the symbol of Indian independence. So we always say, "if the spinning wheel was the symbol of our… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
There's a learned helplessness for a lot of people who are leaving Westboro because you're not allowed to have any kind of… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
The cult of nature is a form of patronage by people who have declared their materialistic independence from nature and do not… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
The state tends to expand in proportion to its means of existence and to live beyond its means, and these are, in… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“I’ve heard there are modern Scots clamoring for independence even in the twenty-first century. They even have their own parliament now —… — N. Gemini Sasson Copy Share Image
We're into an age of excessive individuals, all right. We're into the age were independence, autonomy, convenience, sometimes selfishness. The new trinity… — Timothy M. Dolan Copy Share Image
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
On the one hand we want to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch, and we want to talk about judicial independence,… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
If we can demonstrate that independence has a consistent majority - not 52% one day, 48% the other day - then it'll… — Humza Yousaf Copy Share Image
So you have in Iraq some people falling prey to the system, some people managing to negotiate independence, and other people becoming… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
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