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If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any… — Will Durant
Language is not subtle enough, tender enough, to express all that we feel; and when language fails, the highest and deepest longings are translated into… — Robert Green Ingersoll
[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority. — Glenn Reynolds
Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has. — Agatha Christie
That was one of the things that worried me â€“ to be raised to the position of a semi-god â€“ because then you are no… — Nelson Mandela
Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in the heavens grows cold, and… — Jim Butcher
The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind… — Gustav Holst
At the age of twenty six I am in the condition of an aged person â€” all my old friends are gone... & my heart… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Society today is being fragmented by a way of thinking that is inherently short-sighted because it disregards the full horizon of truth - the truth… — Pope Benedict XVI
When all else fails, take a vacation. — Betty Williams
The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is… — Dean Acheson
Given the realities of the U.S. criminal justice system, the prosecution may be unable to salvage this case. But just because that system fails victims… — Jaclyn Friedman
If we become skilled in giving ourselves empathy, we often experience in just a few seconds a natural release of energy which then enables us… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself. — George Berkeley
Therefore, when a person refuses to come to Christ it is never just because of a lack of evidence or because of intellectual difficulties: at… — William Lane Craig
In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents,… — Gregory Bateson
Pseudo faith always arranges a way out to serve in case God fails it. Real faith knows only one way and gladly allows itself to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible. — Erwin Rommel
The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. — T.H. White

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