Merely Quotes

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Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
America has chosen Georgia as a junior partner. The United States believes that Saakashvili is creating a democratic Georgia, but these are merely facades. — Bidzina Ivanishvili
I have an interest in understanding evil. Who is the bad guy - the vampire who kills people and sucks their blood, or the survivalists… — Lois Tilton
Justice is merely incidental to law and order. — J. Edgar Hoover
Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a… — Frank Crane
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it. — Colin Wilson
Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. — Elizabeth Drew
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have… — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect,… — George Gallup
Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. — Robert McNamara
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely… — Gary Ryan Blair
Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of… — Will Cuppy
Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools. — Lord Salisbury
The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too. — Anton Chekhov
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. — Joel A. Barker
We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. — John Webster
Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits. — Frederick William Robertson
Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat. — Hermann Goring
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. — John Witherspoon

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