Frequent Quotes

288 quotes by 243 authors

Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts… — Thomas Jefferson
The inhabitants of territories, often the theatre of war, are unavoidably subject to frequent infringements on their rights, which serve to weaken their sense of… — Alexander Hamilton
One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings. — Alexis Carrel
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from… — Robert Fulton
I would replace the quality of sincerity with honesty, since one can hold a conviction sincerely without examining it, while honesty would require that one… — Christopher Phillips
...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of a concept of… — Paul Halmos
Nothing knits man to man like the frequent passage from hand to hand of cash. — Walter Sickert
In his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books. By means of… — Michel de Montaigne
Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
To keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer. — Georgia Harkness
I am so in favor of the actual infinite that instead of admitting that Nature abhors it, as is commonly said, I hold that Nature… — Gottfried Leibniz
Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable for other forms… — Sol Stein
The redundant population, necessarily occasioned by the prevalence of early marriages, must be repressed by occasional famines, and by the custom of exposing children, which,… — Thomas Malthus
The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do… — William Gilmore Simms
The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now take human life;… — Clarence Darrow
As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the interrogation… — John Bates Clark
For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our rivers are dying, bush fires are more ferocious and more frequent and our natural… — Kevin Rudd
The perfect family doesn't exist, nor is there a perfect husband or a perfect wife, and let's not talk about the perfect mother-in-law! It's just… — Pope Francis
It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication of some defect… — James Madison
Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of frequency may be… — James Madison

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