Quotes with basis

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  • Frank Herbert Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
    Frank Herbert
    American science fiction writer (1920 - 1986)
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  • Tryon Edwards Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Bob Rae Self-interest is a necessary but hardly a sufficient basis for a decent society.
    The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Four, Self-Interest and the Public Interest: T
    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • Confucius Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • William Howard Taft Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
    William Howard Taft
    American politician, judge and President of the United States (1857 - 1930)
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  • Lin Yü-tang Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly as he thinks.
    Lin Yü-tang
    Chinese writer (1895 - 1976)
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  • Bill Frist Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Benjamin Tucker The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • John F. Kennedy The basis of effective government if public confidence.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Oscar Wilde The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Milan Kundera The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.
    Milan Kundera
    Tsjech writer and criticus (1929 - 2023)
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  • Carroll Quigley The basis of social relationships is reciprocity: if you cooperate with others, others will cooperate with you.
    Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976)
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Antonin Scalia The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will.
    Antonin Scalia
    American jurist (1936 - 2016)
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  • Bill Goldberg The cutthroat part of it is that professional wrestling has no union. There are a number of people that are taken advantage of on a daily basis.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Billy Collins The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Bill Viola The fundamental aspect of video is not the image, even though you can stand in amazement at what can be done electronically, how images can be manipulated and the really extraordinary creative possibilities. For me the essential basis of video is the movement - something that exists at the moment and changes in the next moment.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Roy L. Smith The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.
    Roy L. Smith
    American clergyman and author
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  • Antonio Tabucchi The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Bruce Dickinson The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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