Merely Quotes

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I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with… — Mahatma Gandhi
The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and… — Henry David Thoreau
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but… — Ralph Barton Perry
Peace as a positive condition of society, not merely as an interim between wars, is something so unknown that it casts no images on the… — Denise Levertov
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking… — Toni Morrison
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor… — Pope Paul VI
I believe that peace is not merely an absence of war but the nurture of human life, and that in time this nurture would do… — Jane Addams
At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire. — Franz Grillparzer
Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life which can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet. — Mark Twain
It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely… — Gore Vidal
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he… — John F. Kennedy
Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control. Sickness may challenge your body. But are… — Epictetus
Your absence has not taught me how to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall — George Fetherling
I don't think there is any religious revival. I think what we are hearing, the furor, is merely the hysterical response of the churches the… — Daniel Dennett
So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: "Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's… — Mark Twain
Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good. — Carl Sagan
The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change - even radical change - possible without violent upheaval. The… — Ralph Bunche
Someone who does not draw strength from himself and who is incapable of finding the meaning of his life within himself will...seek the map to… — Vaclav Havel
America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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