Founders Quotes

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During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only later became involved.… — Bernard Lewis
The genius of a man capable of explaining religion seems to me to be of a higher order than that of a founder of religion.… — Charles-Francois Dupuis
[About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of… — Augustus De Morgan
On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise… — Karl Jaspers
What the founders of modern science, among them Galileo, had to do, was not to criticize and to combat certain faulty theories, and to correct… — Unknown Author
Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than any of the founders of religion, and one would think-though… — Christopher Hitchens
While conscious of the challenges you face, I encourage you to follow faithfully in the footsteps of your founders, and to stir into flame the… — Pope Benedict XVI
...the history of early-medieval Arabia is nearly all legend. Like Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and other founders of patriarchal religions, Mohammed lacks real verification. There is… — Barbara G. Walker
Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by any section of… — David George Hogarth
"My aim is to institute perpetual adoration," spoke St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Franciscan priest and founder of the Knights of the Immaculata. For he said… — Maximilian Kolbe
Father Col, an intrepid defender of the Faith during the French Revolution and the pastor of Bourg-d'Oisans where these good people were married [M/M Eymard],… — Peter Julian Eymard
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they… — Edmund Burke
Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of regulating climate, as… — Harrison Schmitt
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about… — David Foster Wallace
In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for,… — Henry David Thoreau
And the founder of Christianity made no secret indeed of his estimation of the Jewish people. When He found it necessary, He drove those enemies… — Adolf Hitler
The more abstractly correct and hence powerful this idea will be, the more impossible remains its complete fulfillment as long as it continues to depend… — Adolf Hitler
The founders of this nation understood that private morality is the fount from whence sound public policy springs. Replying to Washington's first inaugural address, the… — Thomas G. West
I think it's important to remember that these men are not perfect. If they were marble gods, what they did wouldn't be so admirable. The… — David McCullough
The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them. — David McCullough

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