Foundation Quotes
1787 Foundation quotes by 1279 unique authors
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I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.
— Alexander Hamilton
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Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course.
— Alexander Hamilton
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Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my own neighbors, and…
— Alexander Hamilton
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My faith in the proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is exclusively his own lies at the foundation…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats…
— Helen Gahagan Douglas
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Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our prayers. Our prayers…
— Jerry Bridges
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The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition of birth, no…
— Theodore Dwight Weld
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I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure…
— Thomas Jefferson
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How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
— George Washington
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With respect to the creation of the program, I introduced the bill in September 1945, immediately after the end of the war with Japan, in…
— J. William Fulbright
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...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the…
— Yehudi Menuhin
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Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).
— Patrick Lencioni
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If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by well prepared, well…
— Randi Weingarten
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I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon…
— Helen Keller
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We get one opportunity in life, one chance at life to do whatever you're going to do, and lay your foundation and make whatever mark…
— Ray Lewis
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Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.
— Laozi
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Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that…
— James A. Baldwin
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Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
— Saint John Chrysostom
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Behold Jesus Christ crucified, Who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our Mediator and Advocate; the victim and sacrifice for our sins.…
— Carlo Borromeo
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Let me remind you that you have a two-fold task to perform. With the force of arms and at the cost of your blood you…
— Subhas Chandra Bose
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Genius is a will-o'-the-wisp if it lacks a solid foundation of perseverence and fanatical tenacity. This is the most important thing in all of human…
— Adolf Hitler
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We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must…
— Glen E. Morrell
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The trust, confidence, and support given to us by our chain of command, and the tenacity of the great noncommissioned officers of the past, have…
— Julius W. Gates
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