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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep… — Joseph Story
To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes. — Sarah Brady
Each soul in entering the material experience does so for those purposes of advancement towards that awareness of being fully conscious of the oneness with… — Edgar Cayce
Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast… — Russell Conwell
Disappointment often focuses on the failure of our own agenda rather than on God's long-term purposes for us, which may use stress and struggle as… — Luci Shaw
Certainly one of the most enthralling things about human life is the recognition that we live in what, for practical purposes, is a universe without… — James Van Allen
Although prison officials have long battled illegal cellphones, smartphones have changed the game. With Internet access, a prisoner can call up phone directories, maps and… — Kim Severson
We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes. — Elizabeth Dole
There is one quality more important than know-how.... This is know-how by which we determine not only how to accomplish our purposes, but what our… — Norbert Wiener
We have focused on the miracle-thing and I think we often overlook the message of Hanukkah. To me, the core of the holiday is the… — Ralph Levy
[Young] was afterwards accustomed to say, that at no period of his life was he particularly fond of repeating experiments, or even of very frequently… — Unknown Author
For strictly scientific or technological purposes all this is irrelevant. On a pragmatic view, as on a religious view, theory and concepts are held in… — Unknown Author
Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against… — Leigh Brackett
Nature is seen by humans through a screen of beliefs, knowledge, and purposes, and it is in terms of their images of nature, rather than… — Unknown Author
Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about… — J I Packer
The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms for… — Don Kates
The ordinary patient goes to his doctor because he is in pain or some other discomfort and wants to be comfortable again; he is not… — Wilfred Trotter
Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit,… — Unknown Author
I look upon statistics as the handmaid of medicine, but on that very account I hold that it befits medicine to treat her handmaid with… — Karl Pearson
Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of my hold priesthood,… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of… — John Ashcroft
I believe that the telephone and telegraph and other such conveniences were permitted by the Lord to be developed for the express purpose of building… — Spencer W. Kimball
The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and other… — Thomas Jefferson
The Gothic idea that we were to look backwards instead of forwards for the improvement of the human mind, and to recur to the annals… — Thomas Jefferson
One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence. Ostensibly, their aim… — H. L. Mencken

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