Generally Quotes

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I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing consensus that the… — Jimmy Carter
Most people don't live aware lives. They live mechanical lives, mechanical thoughts - generally somebody else's - mechanical emotions, mechanical actions, mechanical reactions. — Anthony de Mello
I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive… — James Madison
It was remarked yesterday that a numerous representation was necessary to obtain the confidence of the people. This is not generally true. The confidence of… — Alexander Hamilton
In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the… — Thomas Jefferson
Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object — Abraham Lincoln
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence,… — Robert Parry
It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic… — Leo Buscaglia
Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around. — Roger Caras
He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who… — Walter Raleigh
That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted. — George Boole
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their… — Benjamin Franklin
The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him. — Oscar Wilde
As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a… — Laurie Helgoe
The Jews generally give value. They make you pay; but they deliver the goods. In my experience the men who want something for nothing are… — George Bernard Shaw
Attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens, tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken… — James Madison
Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as inconceivable… — Nicolaus Copernicus
The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Time is generally the best doctor. — Ovid
Too often a sister puts all her patients back to bed as a housewife puts all her plates back in the plate-rack-to make a generally… — Richard Asher

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