it was the United States which first established general suffrage for men upon the two principles that 'taxation without representation is tyranny'… — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look to the history… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
After decades of faithful study, ecologists have begun to fathom hidden likenesses among many interwoven systems. ...a canon of nature's laws, strategies,… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
I know when to say no and when to say yes. I take responsibility for my choices. The victim? She went somewhere… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
If I were inclined to worry that the United States was veering in a dangerously theocratic direction, here's a short list of… — Sarah Posner Copy Share Image
There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental.… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
Buckminster Fuller himself was fond of stating that what seems to be happening at the moment is never the full story of… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
In the four decades of philanthropy that have paralleled my business career, I've found that the same principles apply whether you're providing… — Michael Milken Copy Share Image
I reject the word 'script' entirely-at any rate in the usual sense. I prefer the old usage-usually scenario-which it had in the… — Jacques Rivette Copy Share Image
For most of my life I've liked to pretend I live in a starship. Punching in fake codes to get into doorways… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I believe that Israel must concede to the Palestinian right of return in principle. Israel must, first of all, assume its responsibility… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
The religious stories, the religious truths, the spiritual principles - obviously, they don't change. But as you get older and you experience… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The reduced variability of small populations is not always due to accidental gene loss, but sometimes to the fact that the entire… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well as public destruction, is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation. We… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
When it all come down to it, the thing that matters most in a relationship is principles [...] We have the same… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results.… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I have come to light the lamp of Love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
So use all that is called fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all and lose all, as her wheel rolls...… — Pat Tillman Copy Share Image
A woman with a mother heart has a testimony of the restored gospel, and she teaches the principles of the gospel without… — Julie B. Beck Copy Share Image
Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of Government. Instead, therefore, of exclaiming against… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
This is a human form in which every Divine entity, every Divine principle, that is to say, all the names and forms… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“There are underlying principles at play in nature, from the fields, quanta, and forces of the universe to the ebb and flow… — Caleb Scharf Copy Share Image
Of the first philosophers, then, most thought the principles which were of the nature of matter were the only principles of all… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States has been mentioned...as the basis of wise decisions in fundamental principles as applied to all matters… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
Nothing can tell us so much about the general lawlessness of humanity as a perfect acquaintance with our own immoderate behavior. If… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
If biologists so often forget the most universal of all biologic principles [variation], it is not surprising that men and women in… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
We are now going through a period of demolition. In morals, in social life, in politics, in medicine, and in religion there… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee,… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
The form of government which you admire, when its principles are pure is admirable indeed. It is productive of every Thing which… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image