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The success of a party means little more than that the Nation is using the party for a large and definite purpose. It seeks to… — Woodrow Wilson
From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they… — Plato
No one, at any rate no English writer, has written better about childhood than Dickens. In spite of all the knowledge that has accumulated since,… — George Orwell
Snobbishness, like hypocrisy, is a check upon behaviour whose value from a social point of view has been underrated. — George Orwell
The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the… — Calvin Coolidge
I hold the view that death is rather like changing one's clothes when they are torn and old. It is not an end in itself.… — Dalai Lama
For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions, largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to… — Rudyard Kipling
The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and… — James A. Baldwin
If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can… — Sandra Day O'Connor
There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed… — James Bryce
In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of the… — James Madison
When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for… — Blaise Pascal
We think very little of time present; we anticipate the future, as being too slow, and with a view to hasten it onward, we recall… — Blaise Pascal
... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives. — Billy Graham
The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore… — William Jennings Bryan
Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or produces… — Jim Gaffigan
Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more… — Mike Royko
It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It's how we… — Stephen Covey
In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet. — Andrew Weil
Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us. — Walter Pater
When we know exactly all a man's views and how he comes to speak and act so and so, we lose any respect for him,… — James Boswell
I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what… — Charles Kennedy
The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he… — Herb Caen
Racist, sexist, and homophobic thoughts cannot, alas, be abolished by fiat but only by the time-honored methods of persuasion, education and exposure to the other… — Barbara Ehrenreich
I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now. — Ken Burns

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