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In the company of friends, writers can discuss their books, economists the state of the economy, lawyers their latest cases, and businessmen their latest acquisitions,… — Alfred Adler
[Locating, from scratch, the gene related to a disease is like] trying to find a burned-out light bulb in a house located somewhere between the… — Francis Collins
Modern science knows much about such conflicts. We call the mental state that engenders it "ambivalence": a collision between thought and feeling. — David Seabury
The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state. — Thomas B. Macaulay
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth… — John Stuart Mill
Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious… — Jerome K. Jerome
I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution… — Abraham Lincoln
I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not… — Abraham Lincoln
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty… — Abraham Lincoln
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind. — George Mason
The laws of certain states . . . give an ownership in the service of Negroes as personal property . . . . But being… — Alexander Hamilton
I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery. — George Washington
The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country from that state… — George Washington
The real difference of interests, lay not between large and small, but between the Northern and Southern states. The institution of slavery and its consequences… — James Madison
The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. — Thomas Jefferson
I have been long sensible that while I was endeavoring to render our country the greatest of all services, that of regenerating the public education,… — Thomas Jefferson
It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our own,… — James Madison
All the States but our own are sensible that knowlege is power. — Thomas Jefferson
Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree,… — Thomas Jefferson
It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust at the distractions… — Alexander Hamilton
The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar form… — Benjamin Rush
It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at the University), and… — Thomas Jefferson
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had… — Benjamin Rush
Our leaders must remember that education doesn't begin with some isolated bureaucrat in Washington. It doesn't even begin with state or local officials. Education begins… — Ronald Reagan
Meditation really helps create not only a sense of balance... but serenity and kind of a calm state of mind. — Eva Mendes

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