The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation. — Charles de Secondat Copy Share Image
As far as keeping my sanity, it's something I've only recently tried to focus on as a means of self-preservation. — Anthony Green Copy Share Image
Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. — Andrew Marvell Copy Share Image
Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing. — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
There cannot be stable money within an environment dominated by ideologies hostile to the preservation of economic freedom. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and… — Clarence Stein Copy Share Image
Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
If Parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much importance as sporting on manors, and pass an act for… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Usually you just use these words: "I give you my, I make this commitment to you, I honor this idea between us."… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The bourgeois treasures nothing more highly than the self… And so at the cost of intensity he achieves his own preservation andsecurity.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
You have to realize there is nothing more you can do to convince someone you love to turn their life around. You… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Conservatives believe government's principal functions are the preservation of freedom and removal of restraints on the individual. Liberalism's ascent in the first… — George Will 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
A belief, however necessary it may be for the preservation of a species, has nothing to do with truth. The falseness of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
...You can have this whole entire life, with all your opinions, your loves, your fears. Eventually those parts of you disappear. And… — Katherine Howe 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
“The very desire to preserve animals was a subjective sentiment of fail in the animal's intrinsic worth. It was a feeling possessed… — Ian Douglas-Hamilton Copy Share Image
Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand? — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Copy Share Image
I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes. — Jack L. Chalker Copy Share Image
Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration. — G. D. H. Cole Copy Share Image
I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy. — Taryn Simon 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 well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made…” quote by John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/john-locke-814_arbitrary_tis-a-mistake-to-think-this-fault-tyrann_1921223.jpg)
