Raises Quotes

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We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our… — John of Salisbury
Our tenet ever was . . . that Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically… — Thomas Jefferson
Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.… — George Washington
The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly frightful. Among other… — Patrick Henry
How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it… — Orson Scott Card
What passion cannot music raise and quell! — John Dryden
Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being… — Jonathan Swift
The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest Pole -- besides being an… — Karl Marx
Kids are great. You can teach them to hate what you hate and, with the Internet and all, they practically raise themselves. — Homer
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man. — Sappho
Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall as Mars, and… — Sappho
When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see… — Unknown Author
Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within a few years… — John F. Kennedy
It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues… — John F. Kennedy
Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. — Walter F. Mondale
The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again and I'll… — George H. W. Bush
I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money. — David Mamet
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise… — Paula Gunn Allen
No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely… — Simone de Beauvoir
He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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