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To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports that instrument… — Leo Tolstoy
It is a harmful feeling, because it disturbs advantageous and joyous, peaceful relations with other peoples, and above all produces that governmental organization under which… — Leo Tolstoy
Patriotism is "a very definite feeling of preference for one's own people or State above all other peoples and States, and a consequent wish to… — Leo Tolstoy
Growth is the mantra of our society because the economy can't remain healthy without growth.Impregnable monopolies aside (and these are few), profits are both the… — Robert Heilbroner
To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. He is proud of a… — Milton Friedman
That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As long as leadership from above was not lacking, the people fulfilled their duty and obligation overwhelmingly. Whether Protestant pastor or Catholic priest, both together… — Adolf Hitler
Those who surrender to the service of the poor through love of Christ, will live like the grains of wheat that dies. It only apparently… — Oscar Romero
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Above the clouds the sky is always blue. — Therese of Lisieux
Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find Him… — Therese of Lisieux
It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good. — Pope John Paul II
Cry "havoc!" and let loose the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. — William Shakespeare
Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels. — Saint Augustine
There are some men above grief and some men below it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heaven above was blue, and earth beneath was green; the river glistened like a path of diamonds in the sun; the birds poured forth their… — Charles Dickens
To paraphrase the great poet Dante, the heavens swirl above us and our eyes are still cast to the ground. — Vanna Bonta
Our children may save us if they are taught to care properly for the planet; but if not, it may be back to the Ice… — Jimmy Buffett
According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making our lives worse, both collectively… — Bill McKibben
It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to the west, such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism… — Will Durant
Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility… — Unknown Author
I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary. — Mark Twain
Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means. — Rudolf G. Binding
A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him. — Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper. — Khalil Gibran

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