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14687 quotes by 8045 authors
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There is no greater crime than to stand between a man and his development; to take any law or institution and put it around him…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times... Man…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.
— Agnes Repplier
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Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use…
— Walt Whitman
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That the will of the people can be established by voting for democrats is, of course, a delusion. Yet when considering a non-threatening system for…
— Robert Musil
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In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific' or…
— Robert Fogel
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Some of the most serious fallacies of traditional economics have been due to confusion between optimum and equilibrium conditions; the apparent influence of Dr. Pangloss…
— Sir John Richard Hicks
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The govÂernÂment had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war too.
— Winston Churchill
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It's none of my business what somebody's [orientation is]. Now, when somebody makes it my business, like on gay marriage, I'm going to stand up…
— George W. Bush
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I strongly believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman. I am troubled by activist judges who are defining marriage.…
— George W. Bush
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I believe that marriage has served society well, and I believe it is important to affirm that, that marriage between a man and a woman…
— George W. Bush
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Because the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society, I support the protection of marriage against activist judges. And…
— George W. Bush
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The problem is that tolerant has changed its meaning. It used to mean 'I may disagree with you completely, but I will treat you with…
— Rick Warren
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It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Only now did I recognize the reciprocal relationship which exists between manufacturing power and the national system of transportation, and that the one can never…
— Friedrich List
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America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be…
— Jeffrey Sachs
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The real economic cleavage is not... between employers and employed, but between all who do constructive work, from scientist to laborer, on the one hand,…
— R. H. Tawney
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We still have a great amount of work to do in social development, including resolving one of the biggest challenges we face in this area,…
— Vladimir Putin
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Awareness by itself is not enough: it must be joined by mastery. We need gradually to develop a steering ability to keep ourselves from slipping…
— Piero Ferrucci
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