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Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of Congress.… — John Foster Dulles
Kafka's evocations are, rather, unconscious and almost sub-archetypal, the little-kid stuff from which myths derive; this is why we tend to call even his weirdest… — David Foster Wallace
Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if they have had… — Plato
A man asked Muhammad what was the mark whereby he might know the reality of his faith. Muhammad said, 'If thou derive pleasure from the… — Muhammad
Singing is not about timbres or category labels, singing is about fascinating acoustical properties like the colors of the human voice which derive from thought… — Thomas Hampson
Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine majesty, likewise we… — Rene Descartes
Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job.… — Alvin Toffler
In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths of people who have already… — Daniel Gilbert
You simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody even by a wrong call. And then they can use this system to go back… — Edward Snowden
My activities have never had anything to do with the idea of becoming famous or achieving success. I have always been concerned with getting people… — Antoni Tapies
Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to… — Alan Keyes
The print does not always have the same shape as the body that impressed it, and it doesn't always derive from the pressure of a… — Umberto Eco
Only stilted pedants can conceive the idea that there are absolute norms to tell what is beautiful and what is not. They try to derive… — Ludwig von Mises
The information contained in an English sentence or computer software does not derive from the chemistry of the ink or the physics of magnetism, but… — Stephen C. Meyer
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,… — Benjamin Franklin
Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their… — Christian Lous Lange
Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Adrian Cronauer
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future. — John Quincy Adams
We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought… — George Washington
The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices… — Thomas Sowell

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