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There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints of government. Such… — Alexander Hamilton
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to… — George Washington
Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… — George Washington
The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense. — Thomas Paine
Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence. — Isaac Asimov
It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with… — Isaac Asimov
Trial by jury in civil causes,... trial by jury in criminal causes, [and] the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus... all stand on the… — Richard Henry Lee
There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am… — Jonathan Swift
Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest. — Jean Monnet
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of… — Chinua Achebe
The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid… — V.S. Naipaul
Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand. — Allan Bloom
If mass communications blend together harmoniously, and often unnoticeably, art, politics, religion, and philosophy with commercials, they bring these realms of culture to their common… — Herbert Marcuse
The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie. — Karl Marx
Penal law was not created by the common people, nor by the peasantry, nor by the proletariat, but entirely by the bourgeoisie as an important… — Michel Foucault
We are wont to see friendship solely as a phenomenon of intimacy in which the friends open their hearts to each other unmolested by the… — Hannah Arendt
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the… — Thucydides
So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by… — John F. Kennedy
The world can therefore seize the opportunity (the Persian Gulf crisis) to fulfill the long held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations… — George H. W. Bush
My country's history, Mr. President, tells us that it is possible to fashion unity while cherishing diversity, that common action is possible despite the variety… — Henry A. Kissinger

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