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Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the…
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may…
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A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
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...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...
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There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that…
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Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
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It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the…
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over…
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The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide…
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Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily…
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Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often…
— Thomas a Kempis
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Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.
— Alice Paul
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There is a logical explanation for everything, often mistaken for the reason it happened.
— Robert Breault
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The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive,…
— Charles Rosen
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Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance when in reality it is the opposite. When we can recognize all our good qualities as…
— Rajneesh
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I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.
— Rita Ora
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I think when people talk about lighter drama, they tend to use that term, not derogatorily, but 'lighter' means sort of less…
— Bruno Heller
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When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
— Juvenal
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Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has…
— George Washington
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