If it had taught them nothing else, twenty years of living past high school had taught them self-preservation. ... No one was… — Sharyn McCrumb Copy Share Image
“What do you see when you look at me?” My eyes narrowed and I pressed my lips together, weighing my thoughts. All… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
“Well, in the meantime, Carter and I have been discussing the matter of Ryan." This time it wasn't the clang of a… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
Children should from the beginning be bred up in an abhorrence of killing or tormenting any living creature; and be taught not… — John Locke Copy Share Image
When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“But as the Everglades continued to wither, a few of their colleagues began to wonder if conservation really should mean development more… — Michael Grunwald Copy Share Image
“it will be objected that a constantly increasing population makes resistance and conservation a hopeless battle. this is true. unless a way… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Thirdly, the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent: for the preservation of… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as… — John Locke Copy Share Image
A small amount of wine such as three or four glasses is of benefit for the preservation of the health of human… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
...I normally can't stand vice-free people. They conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. Plus they suck the life right… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable. — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
Thermonuclear fusion is an absolute requirement, for the preservation of the human species. — Lyndon LaRouche Copy Share Image
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Traveling makes you realize what an immeasurably nice place much of America could be if only people possessed the same instinct for… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life. — Clara Zetkin Copy Share Image
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next… — William Powers Copy Share Image
That mainstream English is essential to our self-preservation is indisputable . . . but it is not necessary to abandon Spoken Soul… — John R. Rickford Copy Share Image
It is possible for leaders or regimes to be cruel, bigoted, twisted in their world views and still make rational calculations with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't know - too much about Robert Williams tactics, but if he was trying to defend himself, he was within his… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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