Quotes 1281 till 1300 of 8601.
-
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
-
Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back;
And is a swelling, and the last affection
A high mind can put off; being both a rebel
Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth
All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion,
and offereth violence to nature's self.Source: Catiline His Conspiracy -
America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
-
America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
-
America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!
-
America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
-
America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers.
-
America is, therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's history shall reveal itself. It is a land of desire for all those who are weary of the historical lumber-room of Old Europe.
-
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.
-
America must not be allowed to pick out the eyes of the British Empire.
-
America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.
-
America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders; but many of these have lost the founders concept and become secular institutions. Because of this attitude, secular education is stumbling and floundering.
-
America's history is exemplified in the efforts of the men and women who died for our country. The one thing that they all have in common is their selfless love for our nation and their courage to stand up to protect and defend it. They raised their gaze in the face of conflict, believed in what America could be, and pushed forward.
-
American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
-
American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.
-
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
-
Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.
-
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.
-
Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in a different country, but the thing about breeding is, you can't buy it. You can't buy class.
All all-out famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 65)
