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The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning,… — James Madison
And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from… — Alexander Hamilton
But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for another nomination by… — Alexander Hamilton
Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am… — Queen Victoria
A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay. — Josh Billings
We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense… — Joseph de Maistre
Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are… — Frank Moore Colby
There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican… — Alexander Hamilton
A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for… — James Madison
[I]n the next place, to show that unless these departments be so far connected and blended as to give to each a constitutional control over… — James Madison
Nothing can be more depressing than to expose, naked to the light of thought, the hideous growth of argot. Indeed it is like a sort… — Victor Hugo
Designers are inherently optimistic people who try to make the world a better place — William McDonough
Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of… — Randy Pausch
Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start. — Jason Collins
Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright… — Grenville Kleiser
This is a place for ordinary human compassion of the kind that is reconciling — Unknown Author
NEW YORK! I [love] U! You're OFFICIALLY the coolest place on the planet! — Katy Perry
Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor. — Martin Luther
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an… — Thomas Traherne
But the whole vital process of the earth takes place so gradually and in periods of time which are so immense compared with the length… — Aristotle
It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth… — Rene Descartes
This place is the Devil, or at least his principal residence, they call it the University, but any other appellation would have suited it much… — Lord Byron
I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power… — George Bernard Shaw
When a family is free of abuse and oppression, it can be the place where we share our deepest secrets and stand the most exposed,… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

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