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The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing it… — Richard Schickel
To your request of my opinion of the manner in which a newspaper should be conducted, so as to be most useful, I should answer,… — Thomas Jefferson
The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow in the likeness… — Bill W.
Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give. — William Gilmore Simms
Giving is true loving. — Charles Spurgeon
Not everybody, however, has a genuine sense of humor. That calls for an altruistic detachment from oneself and a mysterious sympathy with others which is… — Karl Rahner
The first thing I would like to tell you about death is that there is no bigger lie than death. And yet, death appears to… — Rajneesh
When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don't actually "become" a buddha, you simply cease, slowly, to be deluded.… — Sogyal Rinpoche
He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise, The inward monitor obeys. And… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true; To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellowmen sincerely;… — Henry Van Dyke
True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Thou shalt not bear false witness" Exodus 20:16. When we speak of morality, we imply that a man is true to his word-true to his… — Ezra Taft Benson
I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government. — Alexander Hamilton
We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious. — Brenda Ueland
Love really is the answer to human problems: love of oneself, love of others, love of where one is, love of what one is doing,… — David Spangler
True intimacy is a human constant. People of all types find it equally hard to achieve, equally precious to hold. Age, education, social status, make… — Robert Grudin
One day, through my prayers, an overwhelming amount of love started flowing into me, filling up the dark hole that threatened to consume me. I… — Julia Hill
The true man breathes with his heels. — Zhuangzi
I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true.... If you do something for a religious… — Lisa Randall
Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which answers only to… — Brandon Sanderson
It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of a system partly… — James Madison
The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states.… — Joseph Story
Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state. — Alexander Hamilton
The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its… — Alexander Hamilton
The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which no… — James Madison

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