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If the people are to be the final tribunal then they must vote for what is right rather than according to their own selfish interests,… — Henry Latham Doherty
We can hardly expect the nation-state to make itself superfluous, at least not overnight. Rather what we must aim for is really nothing more than… — Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the principles of liberty… — Ron Paul
Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more. — Thomas a Kempis
It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes… — Elisabeth Elliot
Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust. — Piers Paul Read
The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money or regulate the value thereof"… — William Jennings Bryan
When the U.S. government stops wasting our resources by trying to maintain the price of gold, its price will sink to...$6 an ounce rather than… — Henry S. Reuss
A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence" that it bestows… — Ludwig von Mises
Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of the… — Rachel Naomi Remen
The last and most painful irony is that the two longtime rival armies in the securitization market - the investment banks and the GSEs -… — Bethany McLean
I am suggesting that there is, and always has been, a rather high correlation between ethnicity and occupation/economic role throughout the various time-space zones of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
I rather wish to rest my case on material considerations, not those of the social future but those of the actual historical period of the… — Immanuel Wallerstein
All forms of beauty, like all possible phenomena, contain an element of the eternal and an element of the transitory - of the absolute and… — Charles Baudelaire
Why did you make it so hard for me? I'd rather empty the ocean with a sieve. I do it for you. Or count the… — Grant Morrison
The thing with Catholicism, the same as all religions, is that it teaches what should be, which seems rather incorrect. This is what should be.… — Lenny Bruce
Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food, and time donated… — John Ricard
Brothers, you came from our own people. You are killing your own brothers. Any human order to kill must be subordinate to the law of… — Oscar Romero
Being alive is being aware, being able to be touched and moved and changed, being able to respond rather than to react, being able to… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.… — Pope Francis

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