Conferred Quotes

69 quotes by 62 authors

Textbooks should show that neither morality nor immorality can simply be conferred upon us by history. Merely being part of the United States, without regard… — James W. Loewen
If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind the power not only to create but also to annihilate,… — John F. Kennedy
Jesus Christ conferred power upon Peter, but what sort of power was it? Jesusâ€™ three questions to Peter about love are followed by three commands:… — Pope Francis
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of… — Demosthenes
The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning… — Samuel Johnson
Somehow this literary genre, which most people condemned, acted as a sort of counterbalance to Charles's soul; it was the ballast that prevented him from… — FÃ©lix J. Palma
Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who ... as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure. — Plato
That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Happiness does not come quickly. It is not conferred by any single event, however exciting or comforting or satisfying the event may be. It cannot… — Joan D. Chittister
The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People… — Caleb Cushing
Grateful return for happiness conferred is not the method of exchange in a partnership. The comfort a man takes with his wife is not in… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain).… — Joseph Sobran
The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status… — Richard Lugar
May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have… — Abraham Lincoln
Education can not be conferred. Whether in school or out, learning is a do-it-yourself proposition. — Wheeler McMillen
renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the… — Ambrose Bierce
Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to… — Thomas Aquinas
Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate commerce was conferred. — Robert Toombs
Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon… — Robert Toombs

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