Centuries Quotes

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In all countries, in all centuries, the primary reason for government to set up schools is to undermine the politically weak by convincing their children… — Marshall Fritz
Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the… — Henry Ford
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle
The last few centuries have seen the world freed from several scourges-slavery, for example; death by torture for heretics; and, most recently, smallpox. I am… — Luis Walter Alvarez
We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in… — Barack Obama
As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever lived on this… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
Let's forget the novelties. If we prevail in prayer, God will do only what he can do. How he does things, when he does them,… — Jim Cymbala
We would take something old and tired and common - coffee - and weave a sense of romance and community around it. We would rediscover… — Howard Schultz
We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess. — James L. Jones
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. — Thomas Jefferson
Nationalism is inspired by the highest ideals of the human race, satyam [the true], shivam [the god], sundaram [the beautiful]. Nationalism in India has ...… — Subhas Chandra Bose
This pride of race is a quality which the German, fundamentally, does not possess. The reason for this is that for these last three centuries… — Adolf Hitler
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clouds… — Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and the flapping of their wings… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Animals, even plants, lie to each other all the time, and we could restrict the research to them, putting off the real truth about ourselves… — Lewis Thomas
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach… — Khalil Gibran
There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it is. Such an… — Thomas Huxley
Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans… — Napoleon Bonaparte
A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes… — Mark Twain
For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity,… — Ronald Reagan

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