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  • The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
  • A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other.
  • You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
  • It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
  • It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
  • Ted Williams, an extraordinary hitter in his day, has said the swing starts in the hips, and Sosa arrived with one of the strongest lower bodies in the game.
  • One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men.
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  • Mahatma Gandhi It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • B. F. Skinner A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Ben Elton I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Jean de la Fontaine The argument of the strongest is always the best.
    Jean de la Fontaine
    French writer (1621 - 1695)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Carl Lewis Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • Marquis de Sade Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • William Shakespeare Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Charles Dickens Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Brunello Cucinelli I don't want to buy something that has harmed anyone. This is my absolutely strongest belief, and I believe other people think this, too. Or if they don't now, they will.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Bella Abzug Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Walter Bagehot In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Anna Julia Cooper It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
    Anna Julia Cooper
    American author, activist and sociologist (1858 - 1964)
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  • Charles Darwin It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
    Charles Darwin
    English scientist and biologist (1809 - 1882)
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  • Quentin Crisp Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Bjork Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Bea Arthur Making lasting gifts for animals in our estate plans is perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure animals have the strongest possible voice for their protection.
    Bea Arthur
    American actress and comedian (1922 - 2009)
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  • Camille Paglia One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men.
    Vamps and Tramps (1994)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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