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There is a moment in the history of every nation, when . . . the perceptive powers reach their ripeness and have not yet become… — Marsilio Ficino
I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be… — Jean-Georges Noverre
Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of… — Agatha Christie
The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections… — Charles Darwin
Frederick Turner comes across in his poems as a man of impressively broad experience, intellectual brilliance, and originality. … He’s at his best when he… — Unknown Author
Nothing is finer for the purposes of great productions than a very gradual ripening of the intellectual powers. — John Keats
Strong, proactive obedience is anything but weak or passive. It is the means by which we declare our faith in God and qualify ourselves to… — L. Tom Perry
It [a new world order] needs only that the governments of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Russia should get together in order to… — H.G. Wells
So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein - more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity in secret to… — Edward Snowden
I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient… — Edward Snowden
I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed… — Edward Snowden
It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able… — Alan Turing
Our society will always remain an unstable and explosive compound as long as political power is vested in the masses and economic power in the classes. In… — Irving Fisher
There are those, on the one hand, who hope to achieve the social revolution through the State by preserving and even extending most of its… — Peter Kropotkin
The powers know that the people at large are like children whose despair, sorrow, and tears can be turned into joy with a little toy.… — Emma Goldman
Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. By promising man eternal life, it… — Ludwig Feuerbach
This is a sad day for all of us, and to none is it sadder than to me. Everything that I have worked for, everything… — Neville Chamberlain
We will establish ourselves in Palestine whether you like it or not...You can hasten our arrival or you can equally retard it. It is however… — Chaim Weizmann
If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this:… — Jean Baudrillard
God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we are not. Each day, ours is the challenge to access the power of the Atonement… — Russell M. Nelson
Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the… — Dallin H. Oaks
We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do.… — Henry B. Eyring
We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right… — Henry B. Eyring

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