Quotes 1841 till 1860 of 2140.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
Source: Cavalry Journal (september 1933) -
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 are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
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We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory.
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We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.
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We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don't think it worth the trouble to set out in detail here the vacillations of mind that stem from hope and fear - since it follows simply from the definition of these affects that there is no hope without fear
Source: Ethics, part 2 -
We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.
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We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
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We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.
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We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as courses, and they come back to us as effects.
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We endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in men's mouths, in what manner soever. It stemma that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other men's keeping.
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We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed.
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We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.
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