May Quotes

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I'm not so sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said, "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward for civilization-that is, spiritual… — Booth Tarkington
But however secure and well-regulated civilized life may become, bacteria, Protozoa, viruses, infected fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitoes, and bedbugs will always lurk in the shadows… — Hans Zinsser
It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a field of infinite… — Winston Churchill
May there not be methods of using explosive energy incomparably more intense than anything heretofore discovered? Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange… — Winston Churchill
Nature's stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest. — Theodosius Dobzhansky
The Holy Koran tells us, 'O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so… — Barack Obama
God may thunder His commands from Mount Sinai and men may fear, yet remain at heart exactly as they were before. But let a man… — John Bertram Phillips
Hang that question up in your houses, "What would Jesus do?" and then think of another, "How would Jesus do it?" for what he would… — Charles Spurgeon
The man that is popular with the world is not a friend of Jesus. You cannot serve two masters. The world hates Christ, and if… — Dwight L. Moody
Whatever else may be thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers it does at least establish, for those who refuse the witness… — F. F. Bruce
For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and absolutely, called God, or named… — Irenaeus of Lyons
Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires… — Charley Reese
When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage of your enemies… — Miyamoto Musashi
Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man. — Sun Tzu
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday;… — Jean de Joinville
Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend. — Saadi
The power to tax involves the power to destroy;...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create.... — John Marshall
It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never… — Alexander Hamilton
Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my own neighbors, and… — Alexander Hamilton
We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in our property if,… — John Dickinson

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