Preservation Quotes

345 quotes by 287 authors

The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. — Berenice Abbott
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce
The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of… — John O. Brennan
We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the… — Martin Van Buren
Self-preservation is the first law of nature. — Samuel Butler
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. — Joseph Campbell
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. — Thomas Carlyle
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. — Cesar Chavez
We had lost the fight for the preservation of the white race until God himself intervened in earthly affairs with AIDS to rescue and preserve… — J. B. Stoner
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as… — John F. Kennedy
I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure… — Thomas Jefferson
Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed or fail in directing the… — J. William Fulbright
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. — Douglas MacArthur
Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task. — Murray Gell-Mann
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives… — Thorstein Veblen
Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation. — W. Somerset Maugham
This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve. — George W. Bush
To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of its content. — George Santayana
Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation. — Albert Einstein

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