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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip. — Barbara Tuchman
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty… — Abraham Lincoln
When I have a particular case in hand, I have that motive and feel an interest in the case, feel an interest in ferreting out… — Abraham Lincoln
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation… — Thomas Jefferson
Tobacco smoke is the one element in which, by our European manners, men can sit silent together without embarrassment, and where no man is bound… — Thomas Carlyle
I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way. — Robert Frost
My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of… — Richard Dawkins
Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a worldview despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality. When… — Bill Moyers
Something which is against natural laws seems to me rather out of the question because it would be a depressive idea about God. It would… — Max Born
When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people… — Bertrand Russell
What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force of 100 spears.… — Charlton Heston
At the age of 15 months my daughter was diagnosed with very bad asthma, and essentially I put my career on hold for a good… — Paula Cole
Mind is elusive, you cannot hold it in your hand. You cannot force it into a test-tube. The only way to know it is to… — Rajneesh
In the beginning this is bound to happen. You have been sitting on the lid that covers your repressions, and you have been riding on… — Rajneesh
The genes hold culture on a leash. The leash is very long, but inevitably values will be constrained in accordance with their effects on the… — E. O. Wilson
Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you. — Michael Korda
In order to 'hold fast' to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things… — Sheena Iyengar
I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are… — Brigid Brophy
The rights of children as individuals begin while yet they remain the foetus...Whoever has read the 'Weekly' knows I hold abortion (except to save the… — Victoria Woodhull
The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out… — Thomas Jefferson
If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for… — Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought… — Zhuangzi
Getting hold of illegal weapons is so easy that gun laws would not stop anyone who really wanted to kill. The gun used by Martin… — David Icke

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