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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon . . . has ever been justly deemed… — James Madison
To the haranguers of the populace among the ancients, succeed among the moderns your writers of political pamphlets and news-papers, and your coffee-house talkers. — Benjamin Franklin
The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns the independence of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the… — Thomas Jefferson
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in… — James Madison
Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free — Bill McKibben
Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. — George Sand
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime… — John Milton
Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as inconceivable… — Nicolaus Copernicus
More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man, whose poles turn… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New Orleans on tour… — Chuck Berry
Skeptics, who flatly deny the existence of any unexplained phenomenon in the name of 'rationalism,' are among the primary contributors to the rejection of science… — Jacques Vallee
Among the hundreds of so-called "UFO reports" each year, a sizable fraction of those clearly observed by reputable witnesses remain unexplained-and difficult to explain in… — Richard Hall
Increasingly I felt as if I were entering a struggle that might even be more than life and death. It might be a struggle for… — Whitley Strieber
Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a natural accompaniment. — Amy Tan
When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the… — Barack Obama
The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of pathology. The result… — Erich Fromm
Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God doing this and… — Noam Chomsky
To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and… — John F. Kennedy
Now the Fates are here on the beach, three shadows blacker than black, walking through the dunes and looking for their own. Just shadows, lamb-white… — Janet Morris
Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The moral of it is this: If you are of any account, stay at home and make your way by faithful diligence; but if you… — Mark Twain
I have to apologize to you that I am still among the living. There will be a remedy for this, however. — Albert Einstein
Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them… — Johan Galtung
Once, at the dreaming dawn of history -- before the world was categorized and regulated by mortal minds, before solid boundaries formed between the mortal… — Colin Thubron

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