Ranks Quotes

254 Ranks quotes by 226 unique authors

Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factorites, whose lives are… — Howard Zinn
Why? Because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and, therefore, less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of… — Rick Santorum
No matter whether a person belongs to the upper ranks or the lower, if he has not put his life on the line at least… — Nabeshima Naoshige
I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First… — Shimon Peres
I want to start by saying something nice about President Bush. Of all the presidents we've had with the last name of Bush, his economic… — John F. Kerry
Whether the type of old sea captain that I have portrayed in my stories is gone forever, is a question. Certainly each summer I find… — Joseph C. Lincoln
When I rise it will be with the ranks and not from the ranks. — Eugene V. Debs
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. — Jacques Barzun
Satisfying curiosity ranks No. 2 in my book behind conquering a fear. — Scott Carpenter
Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly… — Jefferson Davis
Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that tea… — Mary Frances Berry
Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied. — Plato
I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never… — John Keegan
Socially, a journalist ranks somewhere between the madam of a whorehouse and a bartender. but spiritually he ranks with Galileo, for he knows the world… — Ben Hecht
If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that I cut their… — Pierre Trudeau
In speaking of the capitalists who strive only for profit, only to get rich, I do not want to say that these are the most… — Joseph Stalin
In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued, than at present.… — David Hume
The faster we grew, the more stores we had open, the more money we made. Employees move quickly up the ranks of a company that's… — Wayne Huizenga
Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in… — Mike Fitzpatrick
There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous. — Gerrit Smith
The treasury of America lies in those ambitions, those energies, that cannot be restricted to a special favored class. It depends upon the inventions of… — Woodrow Wilson
The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like individual, discrete, moated island nations.… — Meg Wolitzer
Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward. — Dmitri Shostakovich
He loved telling stories. He had been everywhere in the world. The northwest frontier, the landscape of the Hindu Kush, was one of the great… — Sebastian Barry
Let us assume that the Turks in whose ranks Europeans were fighting as well, even in high positions, would have conquered Vienna and Europe in… — Heinrich Himmler

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