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The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now… — George Washington
Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United… — Ronald Reagan
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with all mankind. Our… — Ronald Reagan
In speaking of natural rights, therefore, it is essential to remember that these alleged rights have no political force whatsoever, unless recognized and enforced by… — Charles Edward Merriam
The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. — Harlan F. Stone
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last. — George Washington
The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with. — George Washington
Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security. — Alexander Hamilton
Throughout the history of the United States , war has been the primary impetus behind the growth and development of the central state. It has… — Bruce D. Porter
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence,… — Unknown Author
Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade. Each… — Arundhati Roy
War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the government… — Randolph Bourne
My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is such that certain… — Henry Ford
Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in three different ways.… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I ask you to join in a re-United States. We need to empower our people so they can take more responsibility for their own lives… — William J. Clinton
The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to a… — Carl Jung
Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. In the divided or social state these functions are parcelled out to individuals, each… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
By reading keep in a state of excited igorance, like a blind man in a house afire; flounder around, immensely but unintelligently interested; don't know… — Mark Twain
In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain solely… — Ferdinand de Saussure
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to… — Norman Douglas
If it were possible to transfer the methods of physical or of biological science directly to the study of man, the transfer would long ago… — Unknown Author
Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a… — John Burroughs
And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than… — John F. Kennedy
We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have some sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are,… — James A. Baldwin

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