Some will say: "Why should we celebrate the birth of colonialism, of oppression, of cultural genocide through Canada 150?" It's 2017. In… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
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You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I believe that the Lord has a plan for each of us that's better than anything we can imagine, even if that… — Kurt Warner Copy Share Image
Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point out how strongly committed we were to… — John Negroponte Copy Share Image
The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees,… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
And so I rehabilitate myself - staying up late this Friday night in spite of vowing to go to bed early, because… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
How many serious family quarrels, marriages out of spite, and alterations of wills, might have been prevented by a gentle dose of… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
There's no use diversifying into unknown companies just for the sake of diversity. A foolish diversity is the hobgoblin of small investors.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
And in spite of everything, Ireland remains the brain of the Kingdom. The English, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The path of self-purification is hard and steep. One has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action to rise above… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A blessed thing it is to have a friend; one human soul whom we can trust utterly; who knows the best and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
I certainly don't mean to suggest that all investigative journalism prior to 9/11 in the US was praiseworthy. But there were more… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
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Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
We don’t just live in a celebrity take-down culture; we live in a take-down culture. People will find anything about you and… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bottom line is not money but some sort of demonic compulsion that drives these people to lash out against Jesus Christ,… — Michael Medved Copy Share Image
Indeed, Xcor stayed away for the wrong reason, the bad reason, an unacceptable reason—in spite of all his training, he found himself… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Astonishingly, in spite of decades of research, there is no agreed theory of cancer, no explanation for why, inside almost all healthy… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The unique eludes us; yet we remain faithful to the ideal of it; and in spite of sense and of our merely… — Josiah Royce Copy Share Image
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Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“That's why I preach today. Do not do spite," he said. "Spite does not pay. It goes around and misses the object… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
When the winds of adversity come, remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind. Kites don't fly in spite of… — John By Copy Share Image
We carry on. We have ourselves and we carry on- in spite of our losses and mistakes and women, I think, have… — Susan Fletcher Copy Share Image
but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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The prayer of faith is a prayer willing to believe and prevail for God's answer in a situation that is utterly impossible.… — Wesley L Duewel Copy Share Image
Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam, Are little events that have come to pass Since the days of the old… — Henry Sambrooke Leigh Copy Share Image
I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of… — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
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