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The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes . . .… — John Quincy Adams
We have God's promise that what we give will be given back many times over, so let us go forth from here and rekindle the… — Ronald Reagan
Every day we make our way through a moral forest, along pathways ever branching. Often we get lost. When the array of paths before us… — Dean Koontz
Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience. — C.S. Lewis
In all the co-temporary discussions and comments, which the Constitution underwent, it was constantly justified and recommended on the ground, that the powers not given… — James Madison
It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time to restrain the… — Thomas Jefferson
War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be… — Thomas Jefferson
The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps,… — James Madison
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it… — George Washington
I would not rob you of your food or your clothes or your umbrella, but if I caught your German out I would take it.… — Mark Twain
The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling. — C.S. Lewis
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to… — Nathaniel Borenstein
I am bewitched with the rogue's company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged. — William Shakespeare
The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family who, by the mysterious influence of grace, of sweetness, and… — Giuseppe Mazzini
"Just try and remember," I said slowly," that if God had intended men to fly He'd have given us wings. So all flying is flying… — Gavin Lyall
Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick right home. She's… — Unknown Author
The ever-present phenomenon ceases to exist for our senses. It was a city dweller, or a prisoner, or a blind man suddenly given his sight,… — Remy de Gourmont
I had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. l might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could… — Michael Parenti
The US government is usually on the wrong side against the poor and downtrodden, because the wrong side is the right side, given the class… — Michael Parenti
It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good… — Thomas Jefferson
When, after having examined in detail the organization of the Supreme Court, one comes to consider in sum the prerogatives that have been given it,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can… — George Washington
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in… — James Madison
Because of our situation, God has given us an opportunity to almost transcend our gender, which gives us a vision and sensitivity that other people… — Unknown Author
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important.… — Leo Tolstoy

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