The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
A regular council was held with the Indians, who had come in on their ponies, and speeches were made on both sides… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Man's chief delusion is his conviction that there are causes other than his own state of consciousness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that. Our chief method is to… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example. — Edward F. Hennessey Copy Share Image
Words, English words, are full of echoes, of memories, of associations. They have been out and about, on people's lips, in their… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Concern for man himself must always constitute the chief objective of all technological effort — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
My Irish passport makes me look like a chief of staff for the Provisional IRA. — Jack Higgins Copy Share Image
On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Right on to the New Period vineyard arbors were the centre and chief ornament of all gardens. — Marie-Luise Gothein Copy Share Image
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The absence of effective State, and, especially, national, restraint upon unfair money-getting has tended to create a small class of enormously wealthy… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The most important Bible teaching that I remembered when I was in the Navy and when I was Commander-in-Chief, was that we… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate,… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
New York has done an excellent job. And I give credit - I give credit across the board going back two mayors,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think I understand the dynamic that we face. And I'm best prepared to be commander… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
Gandhiji would always offer full details of his plans and movements to the police, thereby saving them a great deal of trouble.… — Reginald Reynolds Copy Share Image
My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends, — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
They were a society whose chief vocations were to entertain and be entertained ... — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
One reason--perhaps the chief--of the virility of the Roosevelts is [their] very democratic spirit. They have never felt that because they were… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
