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Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.
by Leland Stanford (Educator, American , born in 1824) keywords: consent, cornerstone, doctrine, endowed, founded, governed, government, great, inalienable, itself, memorable, men, principle, rights , upon Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.
by Ezra Stiles (Clergyman, American , born in 1727) keywords: besides, civil, equity, founded, government, happy, institute, jurisprudence, justice, law, necessary, policy, public, right , system In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
by Ezra Stiles (Clergyman, American , born in 1727) keywords: almost, been, carried, civil, considerable, founded, however, human, imperfect, institutions, justice, may, perhaps, said, society, very, wisdom , world Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
by Harlan Stone (Lawyer, American , born in 1872) keywords: ancestry, because, between, citizens, distinctions, doctrine, equality, founded, free, institutions, nature, odious, solely, their, upon, very , whose No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.
by Charles Sumner (Politician, American , born in 1811) keywords: except, fame, founded, happiness, labors, mankind, permanent, promote, true , which The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was last created, and that which is last created is the basis of all that precedes.
by Emanuel Swedenborg (Scientist, Swedish , born in 1688) keywords: basis, because, created, founded, heaven, human, last, man, precedes, race , which He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.
by Terence (Writer , Roman) keywords: affection, authority, better, established, firmer, force, founded, great, makes, mistake, supposes, than, welded , which The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
by Leo Tolstoy (Novelist, Russian , born in 1828) topics: Patriotism keywords: cruel, founded, greater, more, patriotism, power, state, suffering, sum, upon, which , wrong The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data in the postwar reckonings of war crimes and on the squaring of accounts with the defeated.
by Franjo Tudjman (Statesman, Croatian , born in 1922) keywords: accounts, biased, both, crimes, data, dead, defeated, emotional, estimated, exaggerated, founded, loss, million, much, postwar, six, testimonies, too, up , war What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves.
by Lech Walesa (Activist, Polish , born in 1943) keywords: achieve, association, authorities, become, fact, founded, impossible, independent, life, right, seemed, shaped, themselves, then, trade, unions, until, won , working Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it.
by Zach Wamp (Politician, American , born in 1957) keywords: believe, fact, founded, good, hull, intentions, involved, matter, named, nations, now, organization, prominent, united , very Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
by Booker T. Washington (Educator, American , born in 1856) keywords: attention, day, every, founded, large, life, nearest, rather, remote, small, success, than, things, uncommon, upon , us I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: am, approbation, country, founded, good, honors, other, promote, public, than , view The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: civilization, contemporary, form, founded, greatness, lies, spirituality, true , work Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?
by Bruce Willis (Actor, American , born in 1955) topics: Celebrity Quotes keywords: country, founded, kidding, live, look, man, violence, violent , world When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.
by Charlotte Mary Yonge (Novelist, English , born in 1823) keywords: always, been, characters, dealing, events, fair, founded, historical, history, how, liberties, made, much, reader, seems, sketch, taken, towards , venture
