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I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play upon… — Stephen Coonts
The last of the lonely places is the sky, a trackless void where nothing lives or grows, and above it, space itself. Man may have… — Frederick Forsyth
It is not unreasonable to look upon Concorde as a miracle. — Unknown Author
If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start… — Aristophanes
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost,… — Abraham Lincoln
The US government is usually on the wrong side against the poor and downtrodden, because the wrong side is the right side, given the class… — Michael Parenti
[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form… — George Washington
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them… — Alexander Hamilton
. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the… — Alexander Hamilton
The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide upon its Propriety… — George Mason
If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should be… — Herbert Croly
Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the… — Khalil Gibran
Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them. — Samuel Johnson
Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined… — William Penn
There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each… — Joseph Addison
[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its… — Benjamin Rush
And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts… — Joseph Story
I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know… — James Madison
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
The press is no substitute for institutions. It is like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about, bringing one episode and then another… — Walter Lippmann
How far have we come in man's long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light-a day of freedom and of peace for… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact that… — Wystan Hugh Auden
In the beautiful, man sets himself up as the standard of perfection; in select cases he worships himself in it. Man believes that the world… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every transformation of humanity has rested upon deep stirrings and intuitions, whose rationalized expression takes the form of a new picture of the cosmos and… — Lewis Mumford
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which… — J. William Fulbright

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