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There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they'll stand… — Rupert Everett
Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially… — Thomas Jefferson
Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall. — Paul Simon
Should the research worker of the future discover some means of releasing this [atomic] energy in a form which could be employed, the human race… — Francis William Aston
If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to… — Plato
An elected government making huge changes with the consent of its people, is being undermined by concentrated powers in unregulated markets-powers which go beyond those… — George Papandreou
How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means of aggrandizing themselves?… — John C. Calhoun
America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The separation of powers… — Richard Allen Epstein
...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain).… — Joseph Sobran
Income taxes are responsible for the transformation of the Federal government from one of limited powers into a vast leviathan whose tentacles reach into almost… — Ron Paul
I've noticed that girls between like 20 and 30 seem to know 'Can't Hardly Wait.' I got the goth kids who know 'Buffy.' I got… — Seth Green
In 1913 many believed that there would never again be a war in Europe. The great powers of the continent were so closely intertwined economically… — Jean-Claude Juncker
That powers my desire to write: the sense of how quickly everything on the surface of life can be cut away and you can suddenly… — Nicole Krauss
Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held… — Bob Woodward
The powers-that-be understand that to create the appropriate atmosphere for war, it’s necessary to create within the general populace a hatred, fear or mistrust of… — James Morcan
In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I… — Thomas Jefferson
The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating… — Swami Vivekananda
Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of… — Vladimir Putin
There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically. Our… — James D. Watson
I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness,… — Janet Jackson
When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in perfect health that all sickness is forgotten, all the powers of mind will proceed to create health,… — Christian D. Larson
At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence to superhuman powers,… — Peter Farb
John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary to the choice… — Elie Abel
There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting… — Shigeru Yoshida
The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and… — Samuel George Morton

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