Rests Upon Quotes

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No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned… — Hugo Black
Society rests upon conscience, not upon science. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers… — John Quincy Adams
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
The responsibility which rests upon man is proportional to the ability which he possesses and the opportunity which he faces. Perhaps that responsibility is no… — Kirtley F. Mather
Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth. — Nicolas Chamfort
Every action is an idea before it is an action, and perhaps a feeling before it is an idea, and every idea rests upon other… — Wallace Stegner
Boredom rests upon the nothingness that winds its way through existence; its giddiness, like that which comes from gazing down into an infinite abyss, is… — Soren Kierkegaard
All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. — George Henry Lewes
There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will… — William Jennings Bryan
But the appeal to antiquity is both a treason and a heresy. It is a treason because it rejects the Divine voice of the Church… — Henry Edward Manning
I repeat that no greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this republic and of neighboring republics than to… — David O. McKay
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . .… — Alexander H. Stephens
As a race, the African is inferior to the white man. Subordination to the white man is his normal condition. He is not his equal… — Alexander H. Stephens
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro… — Alexander H. Stephens
If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he… — Haile Selassie
If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect… — Benjamin Rush
Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath. — Laozi
The help of God does not come to us when we are indifferent. It comes to the man who is depending on God in the… — Alan Redpath
The Nation has not yet found peace from its sins; the freedman has not yet found in freedom his promised land. Whatever of good may… — W. E. B. Du Bois

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