Quotes 141 till 160 of 162.
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Vice knows that she is ugly, so she puts on her mask.
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Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue.
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Virtue consists not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Maxims for Revolutionists -
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
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Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, / and vice sometimes by action dignified.
Romeo and Juliet (1595) -
Virtue, if not in action, is a vice.
The Maid of Honour (1632) 1, 1 -
Washington's birthday is worthy of celebration - he is one of the greatest men in history. But Washington himself would likely have seen celebration of the office of the presidency itself as monarchic in nature.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.
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Whatever theologians may choose to assert, it is certain that mankind at large has far more virtue than vice.
History of civilization -
When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
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When work is going well, your home life struggles and vice versa. If my kids are OK - that is the most important thing. I strive for balance in my life, though.
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When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
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When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
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Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.
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Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.
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