Founded Quotes

637 Founded quotes by 498 unique authors

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. — Stendhal
The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. — Leo Tolstoy
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he… — Desmond Tutu
I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Anyone can run for office. When I ran for Governor of Minnesota, the only requirement was that you had to be a state resident. I… — Jesse Ventura
What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from… — Lech Walesa
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us… — Booker T. Washington
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. — George Washington
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. — Simone Weil
Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who? — Bruce Willis
I founded Grameen Bank to provide loans to those considered traditionally unbankable. Grameen Bank works with the poorest and often illiterate, providing uncollateralized micro-loans for… — Muhammad Yunus
Few developments central to the history of art have been so misrepresented or misunderstood as the brief, brave, glorious, doomed life of the Bauhaus -… — Martin Filler
You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things… — Abraham Lincoln
Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite. — May Sarton
Americans continue to rapidly homogenize ourselves into a neutered oblivion. For a country founded on the protection of the unique, we relish our sameness. — Lewis Black
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have… — Terry Pratchett
The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety and uncompromising divergences… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies. — Thomas Jefferson
loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away. — Milan Kundera
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. — John Adams
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion… — Margaret Mead
It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions,… — Patrick Henry
Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to them. — Ram Dass

Who Wrote These Founded Quotes

498 authors contributed a total of 637 Founded Quotes, led by these top contributors: