Pleaded Quotes
41 quotes by 36 authors
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The love of justice and the love of country plead equally the cause of these people, and it is a moral reproach to us that…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded that there are…
— Ujjwal Nikam
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I can't tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that often art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge to…
— John Berger
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Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead…
— Marvin Olasky
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What can I expect here? You know the fairy tale about the man who died, don’t you? He was waiting in Eternity to find out…
— Anna Seghers
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Plenty and indigence depend upon the opinion every one has of them; and riches, like glory of health, have no more beauty or pleasure than…
— Michel de Montaigne
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She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all…
— John Milton
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One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public funds, and I…
— J. Reuben Clark
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Mind how you pray. Make real business of it. Let it never be a dead formality...plead the promise in a truthful, business-like way...Ask for what…
— Charles Spurgeon
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I wonder that no criminal has ever pleaded the ugliness of your city as an excuse for his crimes.
— Oscar Wilde
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In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been in my life.…
— David Brainerd
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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
— Lloyd Alexander
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Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation-we have fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled our blood with…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston.. actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way…
— Bill Walton
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We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs…
— Philippa Gregory
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As she watched all of this, Liesel was certain that these were the poorest souls alive. That's what she wrote about them . . .…
— Markus Zusak
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Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but…
— Rick Riordan
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Your Majesty, you just-" Costis stopped. "Just what?" the king prompted wickedly. Nothing would induce Costis to say out loud that the king had almost…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!
— Brandon Mull
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You wrote this right?†he said. “It tells how to defeat Set.†Thoth unfolded the papyrus pages. “Oh, dear. I hate reading my old work.…
— Rick Riordan
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