Branch Quotes

433 quotes by 361 authors

Economic history is the most fundamental branch of history; not the most important. Foundations exist to carry better things. — John Clapham
Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off! — Swami Vivekananda
But the greatest obstacle of all to the successful prosecution of a new branch of industry in a country, in which it was before unknown,… — Alexander Hamilton
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own… — Thomas Jefferson
. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the… — Alexander Hamilton
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Because modern Protestants have not only forgotten what Rome was, what she is, and what she will for ever be; the most irreconcilable and powerful… — Unknown Author
I think games are starting to branch out. It's not just guys sitting at their computer stations. Games are so fun, that everybody gets into… — Christian Slater
You can't have the legislative and executive branch working in a parallel universe...the partisanship that has gripped Washington has prevented us from dealing with the… — Olympia Snowe
The Goddess is not separate from the world â€“ She IS the world, and all things in it: moon, sun, earth, star, stone, seed, flowing… — Starhawk
In this branch of utopian real estate, architecture is no longer the art of designing buildings so much as the brutal skyward extrusion of whatever… — Rem Koolhaas
We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and sacrifices,… — Thomas Jefferson
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be… — James Madison
The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy. It won't… — Wesley Clark
Imagination doesnâ€™t just mean making things up. It means thinking things through, solving them, or hoping to do so, and being just distant enough to… — Diana Wynne Jones
Success can be attained in any branch of labor. Thereâ€™s always room at the top in every pursuit. — Andrew Carnegie
While I believe that my lengthy career provides sufficient evidence for consideration of my nomination, I am convinced the efforts to obtain Executive Branch materials… — Harriet Miers
Trees Trees, proud standing people stretching fingertips to the sky, reaching, praying glorious attention, breathing light. strength shelter timeless confidence bending and firm comforting rooted… — Wallace Stevens
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? One… — George Gissing

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