They Please Quotes

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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right to… — Samuel Adams
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the… — Alexander Hamilton
Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where they… — Brian Herbert
My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I am to do… — Frederick The Great
And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an… — Galileo Galilei
Small groups of persons can, and do, make the rest of us think what they please about a given subject. But there are usually proponents… — Edward Bernays
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may… — Abraham Lincoln
I dedicate this to all those who did not live to tell it. And may they please forgive me for not having seen it all… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It's special, grandparents and grandchldren. So much simpler. Is it always so, I wonder? I think perhaps it is. While one's child takes a part… — Kate Morton
Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both. — John Milton
The policy of letting things alone, in the practical sense that the Government should never interfere with business or go into business itself, is called… — George Bernard Shaw
It is strange how little sharpsightedness women possess; they only notice whether they please, then whether they arouse pity, and finally, whether you look for… — Franz Kafka
No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please. — Charles Hodge
They please the world most, who please Christ least. — St. Jerome
Anything that effects our decisions besides that of the Glory of God and His Will Alone is an idol. Why are people so free to… — David Wilkerson
I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it-how good… — Georgia O'Keeffe
When we have practiced good actions awhile, they become easy; when they are easy, we take pleasure in them; when they please us, we do… — John Tillotson
To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing… — Thomas Jefferson
I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one… — Chief Joseph
From my childhood it has been my conviction that men would reach the planets in my lifetime . . . this conviction . . .… — Freeman Dyson

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