"The office of government is not to confer……" — William Ellery Channing

More Confer Quotes

This quote is filed under Confer Quotes, one of 86 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now… — Pope Benedict XVI
• You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure… — Lydia M. Child
• The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power. — Sun Tzu
• It is the privilege of greatness to confer intense happiness with insignificant gifts. — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Riches may enable us to confer favors, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches… — Charles Caleb Colton
• It is not vain glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber. — William Shakespeare
• Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius. — Euripides
• The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a… — Charles Spurgeon
• Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is… — Samuel Johnson
• The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own… — Samuel Johnson
• All schools, all colleges have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge. — Mark Twain

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