"Over many years, the United States has worked……" — Anthony Lewis
"Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk."
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20 Quotes by Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis has 20 quotes on this site.
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We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for…
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I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning…
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Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources,…
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Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.
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With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.
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I am an optimist about America.
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Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to…
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The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No…
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The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing…
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Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.
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Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity,…
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We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in…
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More Abide Quotes
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one of 296 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
— Arthur Ashe
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Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear…
— Cecil Beaton
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A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an…
— Joe Biden
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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
— Theodore Bikel
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
— Jo Brand
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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
— Franz Grillparzer
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All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our…
— Jens Jensen
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If we then let the words of Christ abide in us, they will stir us up in prayer.
— Reuben Archer Torrey
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If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily…
— John Owen
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People have a pathway to citizenship right now- It's to abide by the immigration laws, and if they have a…
— Bob Goodlatte
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As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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