Raise Quotes

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All that is necessary to raise imbecility into what the mob regards as profundity is to lift it off the floor and put it on… — George Jean Nathan
On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the… — Al McGuire
Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown… — Sitting Bull
When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in… — Alfie Kohn
I would by all means have men beware, lest Ã†sop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of a chariot at… — Francis Bacon
You must open a little, or rather raise on high your corolla so that the Bread of Angels may come as divine dew to strengthen… — Therese of Lisieux
For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? — Lord Byron
Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root,… — Leigh Hunt
No man can ever raise above that that which he aims. — Archibald Alexander Hodge
If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles… — Saint John Chrysostom
Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who… — Joshua Chamberlain
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act… — Barack Obama
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams
I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that have preceded it;… — Dennis Weaver
We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying… — Samuel Johnson
With my family, I'm trying to raise them to have respect for all people and make friends around the world and feel at home with… — Angelina Jolie
We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists… — Frederic Bastiat
Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object… — Frederic Bastiat
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort… — Charles Tilly
We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we long to see… — Charles Spurgeon

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