"General ideas are no proof of the strength,……" — Alexis de Tocqueville

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• I was born in the Ottawa General Hospital right after the Gray Cup Football Game in 1939. Six months later,… — Margaret Atwood
• There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give… — Jane Austen
• Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. — Jane Austen
• As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good… — Kelly Ayotte
• That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted… — Charles Babbage
• A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
• To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general,… — Mikhail Bakunin
• The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done. — Arthur Balfour
• Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. — HonorÈ De Balzac
• I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap… — Antonio Banderas
• The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think… — Roger Bannister

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