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The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens…
— Ronald Reagan
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Our forms of government - though both cast in the democratic pattern - are greatly different. Indeed, sometimes it appears that many of our misunderstandings…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.
— James Madison
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I am ashamed of some christians because they have so much dependence on Parliment and the law of the land. Much good may Parliment ever…
— Charles Spurgeon
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It forms a strong presumption against all supernatural and miraculous relations, that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and barbarous nations; or if…
— David Hume
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The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes of things, they…
— Andrew Dickson White
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All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence regardless…
— Erich Fromm
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Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has…
— Christian Lous Lange
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At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us…
— Walter Pater
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If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to…
— Fredric Jameson
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Not everything in man's life is summed up in the problem of food. Anyone who thinks that a civilization can be founded on bread alone…
— Toyohiko Kagawa
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The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which is the same as God…
— Josef Pieper
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The most common misperception is the word 'design'. People think of primarily pretty pictures or forms. They don't understand the depth to which design goes-not…
— Sam Farber
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The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It comes in many forms: unease, worry, anxiety, nervousness, tension, dread,…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Shocked to learn of the serious attacks against certain areas in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, which caused horrendous casualty, I…
— Jiang Zemin
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We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their family members. We…
— Vicente Fox
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How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be the foundation of…
— David Hume
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much used in the…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life…
— Zeena Schreck
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Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by their partner or…
— Jemma Kidd
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