But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
There were several Battles between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians, in which the former (as they ought) usually won. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
Holiness is happiness; and the more you have of the former, the more you will undoubtedly enjoy of the latter. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
I want people to understand that this is a very calibrated image [Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
David Beckham is a patriot, and I am sure he will help in any way he can. Beckham needs to be part… — Gordon Taylor Copy Share Image
Former Enron founder Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling found guilty in the Enron case. Ken Lay is so guilty I'm surprised… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Sometimes the former forces are in the ascendance, and "democratic governance" is eroded, though anyone familiar with intellectual history would expect that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Germans are often too bureaucratic, too fixated on rules and not risk-oriented enough. And some of their officials have the feeling… — Charles Landry Copy Share Image
Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
In the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world, religion has been… — John C. Danforth Copy Share Image
I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the… — Hannah Storm Copy Share Image
Former Vice President Al Gore starring in a new documentary about global warming. I believe it's called [Leno snores]. ... The film… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“What you think of as the past is a memory trace, stored in the mind, of a former Now. When you remember… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The difference between a good educator and a great educator is that the former figures out how to work within the constraints… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
We see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
I belong to a generation that had so many choices available. In 1970, when [former premier Robert] Bourassa launched the James Bay… — Philippe Couillard Copy Share Image
The Irishman frees himself from slavery when he realizes the truth that the capitalist system is the most foreign thing in Ireland.… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
One of the signs of the imminent Apocalypse is the "bitterness of all waters," and anyone traveling through eastern Europe, the former… — Marq de Villiers Copy Share Image
Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Now as a former welfare recipient, I don't have a problem with expecting people to work to earn money. But where I… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
This wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred. this monstrous product of former wrongs and shame. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
However smothered under former negligence, or scattered through the dull, dark mass of common thoughts - let thy genius rise as the… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Along with former President Bill Clinton, we have Sam Nunn to thank for the sorry debacle of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' — David Mixner Copy Share Image
In everything, there are two kinds of development-analytical and synthetical. In the former the Hindus excel other nations. In the latter they… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In our society, marriage is not simply a governmental institution; it is a religious institution as well, today's decision might change the… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
In New York, the former lack of real competition allowed taxis to extract excessive charges, regardless of the poor service. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
It isrequisite from time to time to remind one generation of the experience which led a former generation to important legislative actions. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
In general, a fact is worth more than theories in the long run. The theory stimulates, but the fact builds. The former… — Theobald Smith Copy Share Image