Thirds Quotes

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There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of God; the second… — John Quincy Adams
The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of private property. — William Blackstone
American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were… — Colin Ward
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
In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war. — Harry S. Truman
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their… — Benjamin Franklin
To fly! to live as airmen live! Like them to ride the skyways from horizon to horizon, across rivers and forests! To free oneself from… — Henri Mignet
The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed class that pays… — Michael Parenti
Only by establishing military supremacy were the European and North American colonizers able to eliminate the crafts and industries of Third World peoples, control their… — Michael Parenti
Just as the power of the feudal aristocracy had to be broken in order for capitalism to emerge fully, so must imperialism and capitalism in… — Michael Parenti
The instability of our laws is really an immense evil. I think it would be well to provide in our constitutions that there shall always… — Thomas Jefferson
Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third,… — David Miliband
But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in which power was… — Richard M. Nixon
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk… — Bruce Hornsby
A contact with an extraterrestrial civilization is the greatest challenge for mankind in the Third Millennium. We would finally realize that we are indeed not… — Michael Hesemann
The most miraculous moments of my life were not when my daughter and son were born, but when the second or third Prozac pill shot… — Lauren Slater
American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and… — Rosa DeLauro
I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank. — Samantha Barks
'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and… — Michael Koryta
Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female,… — Florence Nightingale
Inertia accounts for two-thirds of marriages. But love accounts for the other third. — Woody Allen
There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied 'One's absurd! and… — Unknown Author
Here lies interred in the eternity of the past, from whence there is no resurrection for the days - whatever there may be for the… — Lord Byron
To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a moment of passion… — Lewis H. Lapham
The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to… — Saint Francis de Sales

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