The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession,… — William H. Wharton Copy Share Image
Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their… — Genghis Khan Copy Share Image
Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“One Must Always Remember That Birth, Old Age, Disease And Death Comes At Any Moment In Regardless Of Whom We Are Or… — Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo Copy Share Image
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
Where you just possessed?" Cookie asked after a long moment, awe softening her voice. "'Cause let me tell you, sweetheart, if that… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“I am not a piece of property, damn it!" "But you are in my possession." She enunciated, "I think you are a… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places,… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
Before modern man can gain control over the forces that now threaten his very existence, he must resume possession of himself. This… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You cannot do without one specialty. You must have some base-line to measure the work and attainments of others. For a general… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies… — Charles Brockden Brown Copy Share Image
“Obsessed with Christine to the end, his last statement as he left his cell was, 'to kill is the final possession'. But… — Clare Mulley Copy Share Image
Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information?… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We like to assume that language is a purely human property, our exclusive possession, and that everything else is basically mute. — David Abram Copy Share Image
“He wanted to know her, possess her. All that fire flashing in her eyes when she thought he didn’t see, needed to… — Lauren Smith Copy Share Image
Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that every one should be… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years' lease… — Arthur Young Copy Share Image
“Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The whole idea of the pursuit of goods and possessions has completely corrupted the human experience, along with religion, which I think… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The whole message of the piece was that possessions are transient. You don't know if you are going to be able to… — J.H. Wyman Copy Share Image
I am 10 years in this league. The physical possession of a ring doesn't make me feel like more or less of… — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys.… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“You win,” he panted. His fingers tightened on her hips as he shoved her back into the wall and kept her there.… — Airicka Phoenix Copy Share Image
Wine, like the rising sun, possession gains, And drives the mist of dullness from the brains, The gloomy vapor from the spirit… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
La possession de ce qu'on aime est une joie plus grande encore que l'amour. Possessing what one loves is an even greater… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions… — Peter Stuyvesant Copy Share Image
In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
But feeling is so different from knowing. My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
“He who is controlled by objects Loses possession of his inner self: If he no longer values himself, How can he value… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused… — Nafisa Joseph Copy Share Image
I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
