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If we study Nature attentively in its great evolutions as in its minutest works, we cannot fail to recognize the possibility of enchantment - giving… — Honore de Balzac
In the spangled sky, the rainbow, the woodland hung with diamonds, the sward sown with pearly dew, the rosy dawn, the golden clouds of even,… — Thomas Guthrie
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to them… — Peter Singer
The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak… — Werner Heisenberg
We cannot swing up a rope that is attached only to our own belt. — William Ernest Hocking
Now, since everything else is furnished with the exact amount of needle and thread required to maintain its being, it is in truth incredible that… — Michel de Montaigne
If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. — Mahatma Gandhi
If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority… — George Q. Cannon
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years… — John Paul Stevens
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking,… — Nhat Hanh
. . . we will never be prompted by the Holy Ghost to do something we cannot do. It may require extraordinary effort and much… — Richard G. Scott
When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital… — Thurgood Marshall
I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was twenty-six. Religion offered nothing to the point. Even work could not give me complete satisfaction. Work… — Henry Ford
We cannot hope to achieve full employment and sustain it until we have mastered inflation. — Denis Healey
To have security against atomic bombs and against the other biological weapons, we have to prevent war, for if we cannot prevent war every nation… — Albert Einstein
We still have a great amount of work to do in social development, including resolving one of the biggest challenges we face in this area,… — Vladimir Putin
The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the technologies we need,… — Al Gore
While we cannot accurately predict the course of climate change in the coming decades, the risks we run if we don't change our course are… — Steven Chu
We cannot hope to either understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too. — Freeman Dyson
I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy… — Barack Obama

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