How can you be sure?" "I'm a doctor, Jenna. And a scientist." "Does that make you an authority on everything? What about… — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
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There is all the difference in the world between the nonviolence that the ordinary Christian should embrace and the duty of civic… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
I refuse to censor myself and kids will find their own way to my books and to all of the books that… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
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The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
There's been a lot of comparisons to "The Prisoner," and sometimes people take a negative tact on that, but to be really… — Remi Aubuchon Copy Share Image
We have created islands, small islands of power, but we have not built a bridge between those islands, .. The center and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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You must know everything well before you can know what to discard. You must cover pages with material you will not finally… — Dorothy Bryant Copy Share Image
War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
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When Jesus sent forth his servants formerly he sent them to preach this Gospel. When the Father and the Son and Moroni… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I have obviously failed to galvanize and prod, if not shame enough Americans to be ever vigilant not to let a Chicago… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We declare, upon Scriptural authority, that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, and so inclined to everything… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
In a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Knowledge about God is of two kinds, direct and indirect. Indirectly we can read scriptures, listen to sermons, consult authorities, and from… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
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Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations, they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they… — Henry Morgenthau, Sr Copy Share Image
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... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give… — Josh Sugarmann Copy Share Image
The image of keys (plural) perhaps suggests not so much the porter, who controls admission to the house, as the steward, who… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
No medicine man these days can afford to be without a portable tape recorder. Without the aid of this modern device, which… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
All combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I think we fought Vietnam for the benefits of civilization, and certainly we fought it to oppose authority. To show our authority,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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