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452 Rests quotes by 365 unique authors

By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte
My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you,… — Whittaker Chambers
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and… — Nancy Gibbs
At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned. — Georges Danton
Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family,… — Frank Gaffney
You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future. — Harry S. Truman
The stone that Dr. Johnson once kicked to demonstrate the reality of matter has become dissipated in a diffuse distribution of mathematical probabilities. The ladder… — Morris Kline
Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and… — Evelyn Waugh
Each person's only hope for improving his lot rests on recognizing the true nature of his or her basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming… — Sheldon B. Kopp
Our whole strength rests on the validity of [Joseph Smith's] vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did not, then this… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The most obvious and yet the oldest and most stubborn error on which the appeal of inflation rests is that of confusing ‘money’ with ‘wealth’…Real… — Henry Hazlitt
My dear friend, Bonnie, is a person who rests and, consequently, earned my ire early in our relationship. Her ability to rest eventually taught me… — Sue Thoele
All that we have read and learned, all that has occupied and interested us in the thoughts and deeds of men abler or wiser than… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours,… — Mark Hertsgaard
A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them,… — Albert Schweitzer
The New Testament rests itself for credulity and testimony on what are called prophecies in the Old Testament, of the person called Jesus Christ; and… — Thomas Paine
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his… — Herbert Hoover
Carelessness is not fatal to journalism, nor are cliches, for the eye rests lightly on them. But what is intended to be read once can… — Cyril Connolly
The strong experience of nature... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur and beauty of all future work. — Paul Cezanne
A work of art rests its merits in traditional qualities. It may constitute a remarkable feat in craftsmanship; it may be a searching study of… — Ben Shahn
The power of ads rests more in the repetition of obvious exhortations than in the subtle transmission of values. — Michael Schudson
Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that… — Theodore Roosevelt
Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself… — Theodore Roosevelt
Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone… — Theodore Roosevelt
I cannot persuade myself that without love to others, and without, as far as rests with me, peaceableness toward all, I can be called a… — Saint Basil

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