Quotes 1941 till 1960 of 2216.
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Two hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of a baseball game, or anything else for that matter.
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Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.
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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
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Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.
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Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.
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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.
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Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.
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Walking around on the moon was significantly easier than we'd thought it would be. There weren't any balance problems, so you weren't tumbling over.
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War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize "world peace" even when we get it.
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War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it.
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War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.
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Washington politicians think that government can make better decisions than you and me. But we know better. We know it's smaller, less intrusive government that will lead to real economic prosperity. We know it's business-friendly policies, not more red tape, that will create real growth.
― Brad Wenstrup
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Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.
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