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Root Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man…
- Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root.
- It is the root of all religion that a man knows that he is nothing in order to thank God that he is something.
- Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we…
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- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we… — Michelle Bachelet
- The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon
- Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin
- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to… — Mortimer Adler
- As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more… — Jeff Bridges
- Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it… — Louisa May Alcott
- Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have… — Nicolas Cage