Congresses Quotes

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And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen… — Hjalmar Branting
Our Congresses consist of Christians. In their private life they are true to every obligation of honor; yet in every session they violate them all,… — Mark Twain
Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other… — Alfred Nobel
It seems that, after nineteen centuries of extraordinary glorification, the small Host for which so many cathedrals have sprung up, the small Host that has… — Francois Mauriac
All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity. — Mark Twain
Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a… — Jim Costa
Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to… — Fredrik Bajer
The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear… — Fredrik Bajer
There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste… — Fredrik Bajer
... scientists have made no clear effort to become an important, independently active force of mankind. Whole congresses at a time, they back away from… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I… — Richard Neal
Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent of the particular… — Antonin Scalia
From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the… — Leon Jouhaux
The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history. — Ralph Nader
When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices… — Neal A. Maxwell
What are wanted ...are not Constitutions and Revolutions, nor all sorts of Conferences and Congresses, nor the many ingenious devices for submarine navigation and aerial… — Leo Tolstoy
In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected the worst Congress in the history of the Republic. There have… — Charlie Pierce
I was a salsa dancer for the majority of my life, from, like, 7 to 17, and did the World Salsa Congresses. I realized that… — Gina Rodriguez
As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective will… — Lester B. Pearson
I hope that in future Congresses there will reemerge a recognition that climate change is a reality, that our policies to meet our energy needs… — Jeff Bingaman

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