Essential Quotes

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First New York was a sort of provincial capital, bigger and richer than Manchester or Marseilles, but not much different in its essential spirit. Then,… — Malcolm Cowley
Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and… — Robert H. Jackson
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down.… — Ronald Reagan
Privacy is absolutely essential to maintaining a free society. The idea that is at the foundation of the notion of privacy is that the citizen… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential... Whenever musicians have… — Howard Roberts
The work that must be done for each woman to reconnect with her psyche and to give herself a chance to live her own life… — Betty Buckley
To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a… — Rowan Williams
When one walks, one is brought into touch first of all with the essential relations between one's physical powers and the character of the country;… — Aleister Crowley
The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members. — Georg Simmel
Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this… — Mortimer Zuckerman
Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if… — Jenny Shipley
Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the… — Roger Wicker
If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small… — Dee Hock
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the… — John Charles Polanyi
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere… — George Gaylord Simpson
Thyroid secretions in adequate amounts appear to be essential for development of the egg and for proper ovarian secretions. If thyroid function is low, an… — Broda Otto Barnes
It's an essential fight librarians are making, an age-old fight; yours is a battle for civilization. It's a fight for our country's founding values. — Jim Hightower
Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is… — Marquis de Sade
World peace is the most essential outer realization of our time. — Anodea Judith
There is a spiritual law of choosing, believing, abiding, and holding steady in our walk with God, which is essential to the working of the… — Lettie Cowman
Don't you understand anything? Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of… — C.S. Lewis
Dreams are essential to life. — Anais Nin
Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in… — Norman Thomas
With me, meditation is the only essential religion. And everything that follows it is virtue, because it comes of its own accord. You don't have… — Rajneesh
True happiness comes only through sharing in the trials and successes of other persons and of our community. Hence it is essential that any true… — Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

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