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11619 States quotes by 5153 unique authors

I learn with great concern that [one] portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common… — Thomas Jefferson
We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round,… — Dianne Feinstein
Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing… — L. Neil Smith
Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence of the environment,… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't… — Charlton Heston
An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at… — Francis Crick
...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and… — James Madison
Every child is born sane, and then, slowly slowly, we civilize him - we call it the process of civilization. We prepare him to become… — Rajneesh
Meditation is the key to open the door, the door of absolute contentment. Mind is always discontented., hence meditation means creating a state of no-mind.… — Rajneesh
Existence is only in the present. Mind is never in the present. In fact, the moment you are in the present, there is no mind… — Rajneesh
You will have to learn ways of relaxing in the present. Enlightenment is not an effort to achieve something. It is a state of effortlessness.… — Rajneesh
With effort, reach to effortlessness. With seeking, reach to a state of no-seeking. With mind, arrive at no-mind. — Rajneesh
When Zen masters say `effortlessness` they are referring to the state when your enlightenment is well rooted. Now there is no need of any effort;… — Rajneesh
God is the ultimate experience of silence, of beauty, of bliss, a state of inner celebration. — Rajneesh
Heaven and hell are not very distant, they are neighbors; only a small fence divides them. You can jump that fence, even without a gate.… — Rajneesh
Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement ... — Jack Kornfield
Islam has always been a part of America's story...and since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. — Barack Obama
Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields...[they are]upholding… — George W. Bush
From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world. — Jimmy Carter
On the basis of both values and interests, the natural relationship between Islam and the United States is one of friendship. — Jimmy Carter
The Department of Peace would take a more human approach to healing our society, looking not merely for ways we can destroy an enemy, but… — Marianne Williamson
The Universe provides abundantly when you're in a state of gratefulness. — Wayne Dyer
Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness.… — Stephen Levine
Gratitude consists of a watchful, minute attention to the particulars of our state, and to the multitudes of God's gifts, taken one by one. It… — Henry Edward Manning
As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful… — Alexander Hamilton

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