I was born too late and missed the dream of empire. Its shadow, the Commonwealth, coincides with my life but rarely connected… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
The caterpillars of the commonwealth, Which I have sworn to weed and pluck away. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Mounting an expedition to actualize a Compassionate Commonwealth of all peoples...is the great spiritual challenge of our time. — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. — George Rogers Clark Copy Share Image
I would like to thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for the very fair manner in which this matter has been dealt with. — Kim Collins Copy Share Image
In Boston, we don't lead by ourselves. We lead as the capital city and economic engine of a great Commonwealth. — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
The grave is, I suspect, the sole commonwealth which attains that dead flat of social equality that life in its every principle… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven. — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
National liberation, national renaissance, the restoration of nationhood to the people, commonwealth: whatever may be the headings used or the new formulas… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Thousand of Virginia's are losing their coverage, facing skyrocketing insurance premiums and losing their doctors under Obamacare. Employers across the Commonwealth say… — Rob Wittman Copy Share Image
What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be more charged… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The Democratic leadership has expressed great concern for the incarceration rate in the commonwealth in the last few years. Now they want… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
There is a reciprocal respect for [ Elizabeth II], for her interest in the Commonwealth. The members of the Commonwealth recognise that… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
It was Indira Gandhi who very much lined up with the Russians. And she was, you know, within the Commonwealth, basically one… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
By this unprincipled facility of changing the state as often, and as much, and in as many ways as there are floating… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
There be three sorts of government--monarchical, aristocratical, democratical; and they are apt to fall three several ways into ruin--the first, by tyranny;… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people being necessary for the preservation of their… — John Adams Copy Share Image
For some time, Scotland's greatest exports to England have included whisky and Scottish MPs. Or, in the case of Charles Kennedy, both.… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
The true friend of property, the true conservative, is he who insists that property shall be the servant and not the master… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and… — Anne Hutchinson Copy Share Image
All life is linked together in such a way that no part of the chain is unimportant. Frequently, upon the action of… — John Henry Comstock Copy Share Image
I know not why any one but a school boy in his declamation would whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New… — Michael King Copy Share Image
Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
The science of constructing a commonwealth, or renovating it, or reforming it, is, like every other experimental science, not to be taught… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The Interpretation of the Laws of Nature in a Common-wealth, dependeth not on the books of Moral Philosophy. The Authority of writers,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of… — Jack Straw Copy Share Image
We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer; the generality of mankind stand between… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in… — Jahangir Khan Copy Share Image
We want to lead a country where people will be less greedy. Where people will know that the commonwealth of Nigeria belongs… — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
Actually, I invited many Commonwealth leaders to come to Malaysia. They did not accept my invitation. By that, I mean, they didn't… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
Because the time has come, well and truly come, for all peoples of our great country, for all citizens of our great… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
We speak for all citizens of the Commonwealth when we say that society can draw great hope for the future because of… — William Weld Copy Share Image
Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation… — Johann Most Copy Share Image
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