Conferred Quotes

69 quotes by 62 authors

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it… — Charles Babbage
If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor,… — Zebulon Pike
Violence must be inflicted once for all; people will then forget what it tastes like and so be less resentful. Benefits must be conferred gradually;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And… — Abraham Lincoln
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired. — David Lloyd George
In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life. — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
And this is the ultimate lesson that our knowledge of the mode of transmission of typhus has taught us: Man carries on his skin a… — Charles Nicolle
I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and I believe, as… — Wilhelm II
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does… — Mother Teresa
The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes,… — Joseph Story
To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the… — John Quincy Adams
We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that… — Will Durant
The government has to treat all citizens equally. I am a strong supporter not of a weak version of civil unions, but of a strong… — Barack Obama
The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights… — Louis D. Brandeis
My dear friends, Godâ€™s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment… — Pope Benedict XVI
In spite of our sinfulness, in spite of the darkness surrounding our souls, the Grace of the Holy Spirit, conferred by baptism in the name… — Seraphim of Sarov
By their subjugation of the press, the political powers in America have conferred on themselves the greatest of political blessings -- Gyges' ring of invisibility.… — Walter Karp
It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its foundations among his… — C L R James

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