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We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom… — George C. Marshall
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military… — Clare Boothe Luce
A garden is a symbol of man's arrogance, perverting nature to human ends ... — Tim Smit
To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good. — Erwin Rommel
Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour… — John Burroughs
A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity. — Cesar Chavez
He is purple - the gay-pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle - the gay pride symbol. — Jerry Falwell
A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man's comfort and inspiration is another's jest and scorn. — Robert H. Jackson
He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating… — Clement of Alexandria
Accordingly, we find Euler and D'Alembert devoting their talent and their patience to the establishment of the laws of rotation of the solid bodies. Lagrange… — James Clerk Maxwell
Every improvement that is put upon the real estate is the result of an idea in somebody's head. The skyscraper is another idea; the railroad… — Mark Twain
Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. — Simone Weil
Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the… — Olive Schreiner
There is nothing so great or so goodly in creation, but that it is a mean symbol of the gospel of Christ, and of the… — John Ruskin
What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character. — Joseph Barbera
Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race. — William Faulkner
The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming, their… — Hugh Nibley
The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place symbols together to make poetry… — Rollo May
In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better. — John B. S. Haldane
No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in danger when they… — Wendell Phillips
The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything… — Mark Twain
Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans - the Liberty Bell. When the Declaration of… — George W. Bush
The Liberty Bell is "a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world." — Nelson Mandela
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the… — John Burroughs

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