Quotes with measures

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  • Charles Darwin A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
    Charles Darwin
    English scientist and biologist (1809 - 1882)
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  • Arlen Specter As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.
    Arlen Specter
    American lawyer, author, and politician (1930 - 2012)
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  • George Canning Away with the cant of ''Measures, not men!'' - the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. No, Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures comparatively nothing.
    George Canning
    British statesman (1770 - 1827)
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  • Barbara Demick China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
    Barbara Demick
    American journalist
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  • Arlen Specter Effective security measures do not come cheap.
    Arlen Specter
    American lawyer, author, and politician (1930 - 2012)
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  • Bob Barr For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    Iranian politician and writer (1934 - 2017)
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  • Ann Veneman I think that's unjustified criticism. We have had a number of measures in place in this country for several years to mitigate the possibility of mad cow spreading in this country. We have found a single case.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Ann Veneman I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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  • Ben Jonson In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
    Memoirs of Jonson And Every Man in His Humour: The Works of Ben Jonson
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Arthur Eddington Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.
    Arthur Eddington
    English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1882 - 1944)
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  • Ezra Pound One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do. A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • Angela Merkel Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Carl Bernstein Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.
    Carl Bernstein
    American investigative journalist and author (1944 - )
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  • Bono Remember what John Adams said about Ben Franklin, He does not hesitate at our boldest Measures but rather seems to think us too irresolute.
    Well, this is the time for bold measures.
    PENN Address (2004)
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Haniel Long So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.
    Haniel Long
    American writer, poet, journalist (1888 - 1956)
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  • Thomas Carlyle The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Benjamin Whichcote The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
    Benjamin Whichcote
    British philosopher (1609 - 1683)
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  • Lord Shaftesbury The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of the face; true proportions, the beauty of architecture; true measures, the beauty of harmony and music.
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