Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the… — Walter Rauschenbusch Copy Share Image
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I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance, with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. When… — Jean-Claude Trichet Copy Share Image
Can you know you can have institutions that put curbs on that in various ways, and actually what the banks, you know,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
The sanctuary of peace dwells within. Seek it out and all things will be added to you. We're coming closer and closer… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
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Villages are small and personal, and their inhabitants have names, characters, and personalities. What more appropriate concept on which to base our… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
The fools standpoint is that all social institutions are games. He sees the whole world as game playing. That's why, when people… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I should be very sorry to see the United States holding anyone in confinement on account of any opinion that that person… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
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I have no interest in increasing the size of government. I just want to make sure we have got a smart government… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
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The day came. The wrath descended. Sin, guilt, and retribution? The manic psychoses of those entities we referred to as states, institutions,… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Our standard prescription for the know-nothing investor with a long-term time horizon is a no-load index fund. I think that works better… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators. Your wealth has been stripped… — Frederick Stanley Maude Copy Share Image
I have an intellectual inclination for democratic institutions, but I am instinctively an aristocrat, which means that I despise and fear the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of… — George Soros Copy Share Image
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I've always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it's becausemany American politicians… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
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Businesses will only invest in Greece if three conditions are fulfilled. First, there must be a clear commitment to the euro. No… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I was at a speaking engagement for MIT... and I said, 'The Professor has all sorts of degrees, including one from this… — Russell Johnson Copy Share Image
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