General Quotes

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In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising. — Edward Abbey
The general desire of men to live by their heads rather than their hands, and the strong allurements of great cities to those who have… — Thomas Jefferson
Muhammad brought down from heaven and put into the Koran not religious doctrines only, but political maxims, criminal and civil laws, and scientific theories. The Gospels on… — Alexis de Tocqueville
A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of… — Mercy Otis Warren
But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering… — Mercy Otis Warren
General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the… — Mercy Otis Warren
The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love. — Thomas Jefferson
The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures. — Thomas Jefferson
Our tenet ever was . . . that Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically… — Thomas Jefferson
We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed… — Benjamin Franklin
I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance… — Benjamin Franklin
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection. — Alexander Hamilton
The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the government of the army which forbid profane… — George Washington
A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the… — Ted Lindsay
It is the peculiar province of the legislature to prescribe general rules for the government of society; the application of those rules to individuals in… — John Marshall
Thinking is an experimental dealing with small quantities of energy, just as a general moves miniature figures over a map before setting his troops in… — Sigmund Freud
It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and… — James Madison
The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more… — James Madison
I consider it…as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Government…and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution is known to… — James Madison
The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia useless and defenseless,… — Richard Henry Lee
Let our government be like that of the solar system. Let the general government be like the sun and the states the planets, repelled yet… — John Dickinson
Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race. — Margaret Sanger
Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew -- not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday Jew. ... What is the worldly religion… — Karl Marx
In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so that they would… — Thucydides

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