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106 Human Affairs quotes by 89 unique authors

This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both… — James Madison
We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states] would be introduced… — James Madison
The preservation of the Jew was certainly not casual. He has endured through the power of a certain ideal, based on the recognition of a… — Cecil Roth
[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in… — Desiderius Erasmus
The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product. — Eric Hoffer
To act intelligently in human affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the thoughts, motives, and apprehension of one's opponent so… — Albert Einstein
It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can change… — Stanislaw Ulam
It is a happy circumstance in human affairs that evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other. — Thomas Jefferson
Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs — Alexander Hamilton
Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. — Ambrose Bierce
The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our time we must… — Herbert Hoover
When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why, in the final… — Pope Benedict XVI
One conversation centered on the ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some… — Stanislaw Ulam
The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs. — Peter Drucker
Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among… — Marcus Aurelius
All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and… — Enoch Powell
Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs. — Isaac Barrow
Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set so… — Kate Millett
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is… — Isocrates
Maybe we’ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability to see how… — Carl Safina
Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human… — Roy Blount, Jr.
In the long history of human affairs, common sense doesn’t have the greatest track record. — Gavin Extence
Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and… — William Dunbar
The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs. — Matt Blunt

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