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- It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every…
- They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs, and thrown it upon a gang of…
- The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as…
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- No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. — Aristotle
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- I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once… — Michele Bachmann
- Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to… — Robert Baden-Powell
- A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens. — Robert Baden-Powell
- By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they… — Mikhail Bakunin
- There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever… — Alec Baldwin
- We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken… — William Barclay
- What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but it is… — Julian Barnes
- The way the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed, and taken most of it into their own hands,… — Mario Batali