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Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia,… — Eugene V. Debs
Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of. — Mark Twain
The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of… — Christopher Hitchens
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice… — Bertrand Russell
Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on… — Robert Southey
Green is a label for a certain attitude to life, a certain kind of respect that one might have for the very source of things… — Annie Lennox
We are still too close to the birth of the universe to be certain about its death. — John Desmond Bernal
I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead. — Albert Einstein
Or if the hypothesis were offered us of a world in which Messrs. Fourier's and Bellamy's and Morris's Utopias should all be outdone, and millions… — William James
I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena… — William James
We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision… — Leo Buscaglia
It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof — Novalis
Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition for cheapness… — Josiah Wedgwood
Any human being is really good at certain things. The problem is that the things you're good at come naturally. And since most people are… — Stephen Jay Gould
If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on… — Henry David Thoreau
There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and… — Dale Carnegie
Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love and… — Brother Lawrence
As we learn from the New Testament, the Jews and the Samaritans in the days of Jesus were not agreed on the question which was… — Julius Wellhausen
From the building of the temple of Solomon, which is also treated as a leading epoch in chronology, a new period in the history of… — Julius Wellhausen

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