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Why does the left hate free speech? Because they don't know how to talk about the substantive merits when they are challenged. Having submerged themselves… — Ann Althouse
... we disallow papistical doctrines of free will, of works of supererogation, of merits, of the necessity of auricular confession, and satisfaction to God-wards. — Unknown Author
If knowledge had no other merit than to make the ignorant fear and respect you, and scholars love and honour you, this would be good… — Unknown Author
Thinking can be lateral or "sweaty". For the latter you're better off in an office and following a routine but for the former you have… — Joao Magueijo
If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he… — Herodotus
Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation; that just as a wise man… — Vincent Bugliosi
There are no moral or intellectual merits. Homer composed the Odyssey; if we postulate an infinite period of time, with infinite circumstances and changes, the… — Jorge Luis Borges
I believe that Brazil was prepared to elect a woman. Why? Because Brazilian women achieved that. I didn't come here by myself, by my own… — Dilma Rousseff
A person does not...stand motionless and clear before our eyes with his merits, his defects, his plans, his intentions with regard to ourself exposed on… — Marcel Proust
In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the… — Tammy Baldwin
My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do… — Edgar Degas
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an… — Ruth Benedict
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise… — John Podesta
Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell property… — Clarence Darrow
I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order… — Molly Ivins
The makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist's definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its truth… — Benjamin Tucker
When the Bible uses the words salvation, Savior, and save, it's speaking of the total work of God in bringing people from a state of… — David Jeremiah
There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of… — Haile Selassie
It is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the novel with perhaps… — Allan Massie
Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects. — Bainbridge Colby
When I die and go to hell, the devil is going to make me the marketing director for a cola company. I’ll be in charge… — Yvon Chouinard
I was educated privately for free because I was a scholarship girl, 100% scholarship girl. I got it on my own merits. I would never… — Louise Mensch
I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits. — Park Geun-hye
No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in… — Samuel Johnson

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