"Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe……" — Charles Sumner
"Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto."
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15 Quotes by Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner has 15 quotes on this site.
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The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man
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The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.
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War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can…
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War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true…
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Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?
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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights…
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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.
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The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.
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There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by…
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It's Christmas at Ground Zero The button has been pressed The radio Just let us know That this is not…
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The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.
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Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much,…
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More Arms Quotes
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one of 3,936 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
— Aristotle
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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each…
— Rudolf Arnheim
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I…
— Tyra Banks
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These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a…
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the…
— Bob Barr
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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
— John Barrymore
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A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing…
— Clara Barton
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The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human…
— Charles Baudelaire
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For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse…
— Daniel Berrigan
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