Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Reading is the scourge of childhood because, in a sense, it creates adulthood. — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“With my pen I will rule the world. You'll see, they'll call me the scourge of princes.” — Hella S. Haasse Copy Share Image
Our virtues, as well as our vices, are often scourges for our own backs. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I scourge both flesh and spirit because I know that I have offended in both flesh and spirit. — Peter Damian Copy Share Image
We must rid the world of the scourge of these agents of death and destruction — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing. — Floyd Patterson Copy Share Image
Comets importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The power of large corporations is still a scourge on the earth, but at least the arguments supporting them are undermined now. — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Do not pursue with the terrible scourge him who deserves a slight whip. [Lat., Ne scutica dignum horribili sectere flagello.] — Horace Copy Share Image
This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
And Satan smiled, stretched out his hand, and said, "O War, of all the scourges of humanity, I crown you chief. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that education is the most efficient tool we have to make people aware and make our children aware,… — Shakira Copy Share Image
I am extremely proud of my service with the government and my efforts to help safeguard public health and protect our country… — Steven Hatfill Copy Share Image
No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will not do… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
When an immortal passion breathes in mortal clay; Our hearts endure the scourge, the plaited thorns, the way Crowded with bitter faces,… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I shall support the law, for the law gentlemen, is the firm and solid basis of civil society, the guardian of liberty,… — Charles Lawrence Copy Share Image
We'll eradicate Twitter. I don't care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic. There is… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and every one. [Fr., Une femme bel-esprit est le fleau de… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
Don't Shoot is a work of moral philosophy that reads like a crime novel - Immanuel Kant meets Joseph Wambaugh. It's a… — John Seabrook Copy Share Image
...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“To spare Cloyce's victims further indignities to their memory, I must be a scourge. To prevent others from perhaps being infected by… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
“He paused; a grim silence gripped the whole clearing, broken by a contemptious Rumble from Tigerstar. "Mew away, little kittypet. It won't… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
Only yesterday mankind lived in fear of the scourges of smallpox, cholera and plague that once swept nations before them. Now our… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
“Bloodclan, Attack!" Not a cat moved Tigerstar's amber eyes widened and he screeched "Attack, I order you!" Still none of the warriors… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
The Japanese army is now prepared to use every means within its power to subdue its opponents. The objectives of the Japanese… — Iwane Matsui Copy Share Image
In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Take any country that has laws against hate crimes, inspiring hatred and genocide and so on. The first thing they would do… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is not the least of a martyr's scourges to be canonized by the persons who burned him. — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image