Concord Quotes

53 quotes by 42 authors

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony. — Heraclitus
Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature… — Immanuel Kant
If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him - it means just what Concord and Lexington meant; what Bunker… — Henry Ward Beecher
Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not construction; the kindling… — Pope Pius XII
There are still to be found , or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though dismembered… — Alexander Hamilton
That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish… — Thomas Jefferson
The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who were… — James Madison
What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love of liberty...You're the state where the shot heard round… — Michele Bachmann
I greet you from Smyrna together with the Churches of God present here with me. They comfort me in every way, both in body and… — Ignatius of Antioch
Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not… — William McKinley
Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline operates by being… — Plato
Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved ideas… — Leon Edel
The union of a sect within itself is a pitiful charity; it's noÂ concord of Christians, but a conspiracy against Christ; and theyÂ that love… — Joseph Glanvill
Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church from the state,… — Pope Gregory XVI
It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such. It is the bog in our brains and bowels,… — Henry David Thoreau
When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored to… — Louisa May Alcott
The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There is in this… — Henry David Thoreau
There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science and naturalism — Alvin Plantinga
To consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle. — James Madison
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational. — John Milton

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