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Whoever controls the image and information of the past determines what and how future generations will think; whoever controls the information and images of the… — George Orwell
Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions.… — Alexander Hamilton
For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this… — Ronald Reagan
In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture, materially depend, in… — Alexander Hamilton
For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply… — Josiah Royce
In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can… — Robert Fripp
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten! — Courteney Cox
Letting go all else, cling to the following few truths. Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant: all the rest… — Marcus Aurelius
To fail to properly contextualize content has historically been the basis for the slaughter of millions of people in every century throughout human history. To… — David Hawkins
It is clear that while science provides insights into the complexity of the world around us, those insights...present a fractured mosaic rather than a seamless… — David Suzuki
On love, not harming others, and respecting all beings. Even animals have these elements in their behavioral patterns. We should start by observing how animals… — Dalai Lama
... the embryological record, as it is usually presented to us, is both imperfect and misleading. It may be compared to an ancient manuscript, with… — Francis Maitland Balfour
The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science… — William Bligh
The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules. — Richard P. Feynman
If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and… — James Hansen
Finally, I would thank, had I not lost his name and address, a gentleman in America, who has generously and gratuitously corrected the punctuation, the… — Virginia Woolf
In this state of inner connectedness, you are much more alert, more awake than in the mind-identified state. You are fully present. It also raises… — Eckhart Tolle
It is not quite right to describe One Taste as a "consciousness" or an "awareness," because that's a little too heady, too cognitive. It's more… — Ken Wilber
Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one. — Eknath Easwaran
We suffer not from overproduction but from undercirculation. You have heard of technocracy. I wish I had those fellows for my competitors. I'd like to… — Charles Kettering
It is essential that our present negative propaganda regarding psychedelic drugs be replaced with honesty and truthfulness about their effects, both good and bad. — Alexander Shulgin
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. — Samuel Johnson
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute that… — Samuel Johnson
Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present… — Harry S. Truman
You [President Kennedy] have made some pretty strong statements about their being defensive and that we would take action against offensive weapons. I think that… — Curtis LeMay

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