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The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.
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The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.
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The link between a society, whether it be made up of communities or individuals, and a state is this: Power rests on the ability to satisfy human needs.
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The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.
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The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being… can believe in the divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, for therein rests the whole of our faith.
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The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. III, POWER AND LIBERTY A THEORY OF POLITICS, p -
The true snob never rests: there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.
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Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
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The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.
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