"Like its politicians and its war, society has……" — Joseph Priestley

"Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves."

— Joseph Priestley

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21 Quotes by Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.
The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined.…
It pleased God to make one nation the medium of all His communications with mankind: This the nation of the…
But it is not given to every electrician to die in so glorious a manner as the justly envied Richmann.
It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he…
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.
To me there is in happiness an element of self-forgetfulness. You lose yourself in something outside yourself when you are…
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider…
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of…
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no…

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More Deserves Quotes

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Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you… — Glenn Beck
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is… — Henry Ward Beecher
Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can… — Ludwig van Beethoven
In general, every country has the language it deserves. — Jorge Luis Borges
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. — Dale Carnegie
A woman has the age she deserves. — Coco Chanel
I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him. — George Clooney
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even… — Maya Angelou
If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is… — Maya Angelou
Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage. — H. L. Mencken
Stop Bullying. No one deserves to feel worthless. — Rebecca Black
You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance.… — Mahatma Gandhi

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