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The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,… — William Blackstone
The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but… — King James I
I saw at once that I had only to rise in my machine, fix my eyes upon the castle, fly over it and speed directly… — Harriet Quimby
The earth moves in a certain rhythm, a certain sound, a certain note. When the music stops the earth will stop and everything upon it… — Sun Ra
I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the… — Thomas de Quincey
All is finite in the present; and even that finite is infinite in it velocity of flight towards death. But in God there is nothing… — Thomas de Quincey
Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the… — Derek Landy
History is the long struggle of man, by exercise of his reason, to understand his environment and to act upon it. But the modern period… — Edward Hallett Carr
My agent had told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England—I was going to play all the sweet roles.… — Ida Lupino
My intellect is a little way upon the wrong side of that narrow boundary-line between sanity and insanity. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully adorns… — James Hutton
Like a child who suddenly stops sobbing when he is clasped in the arms of his mother, such will be the grip of heaven upon… — Ravi Zacharias
Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence, — Henry Ward Beecher
One of the many burdens of the person professing Christianity has always been the odium likely to be heaped upon him by fellow Christians quick… — Russell Baker
The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities… — H. L. Mencken
Surely nowhere in the world do oppression and persecution based solely on the color of the skin appear more hateful and hideous than in the… — Mary Church Terrell
Once upon a time . . . What time are we upon and where do I belong? — Francesca Lia Block
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to… — Robert Emmet
How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors... — Daniel O'Connell
It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence. — Franklin Pierce
But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the… — Franklin Pierce
The only weapon with which the unconscious patient can immediately retaliate upon the incompetent surgeon is hemorrhage. — Unknown Author
The bonding of women that is woman-loving, or Gyn/affection, is very different from male bonding. Male bonding has been the glue of male dominance. It… — Sheila Jeffreys
Pornography as propaganda, according to feminist analysis, represents women as objects who love to be abused, and teaches men practices of degradation and abuse to… — Sheila Jeffreys
Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes that inequality sexy. For women… — Sheila Jeffreys

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