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We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows… — Ronald Reagan
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under… — George Washington
Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality of votes. South… — George Washington
My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses. — Thomas Jefferson
We may look up to Armies for Defence, but Virtue is our best Security. It is not possible that any state should long remain free,… — Samuel Adams
A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam. A nation that continues year after year to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of… — Aristotle
In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long… — Sun Tzu
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.… — Albert Einstein
After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price. — Salman Rushdie
Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals - they are both essential ingredients for long-term success — Bill Ford
To build and sustain brands people love and trust, one must focus-not only on today but also on tomorrow. It's not easy...but balancing the short… — Irene Rosenfeld
As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Senator; you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? — Joseph N. Welch
Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our… — Otis Williams
The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for an entire lecture,… — Douglas Hofstadter
I am waiting for the day when I will see you again and hold your soft hands, touch your sweet lips and hug you tight… — Unknown Author
If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach. — Larry Page
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections,… — Noah Webster
The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside the other world,… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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