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Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
by Daniel Webster (born in 1782) topics: Politics keywords: beings, civilized, earth, great, holds, interest, justice, man, nations, sir, together , which If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
by Simone Weil (born in 1909) keywords: certainly, civilized, destroy, enslave, europe, european, future, germany, had, his, historians, hitler, most, nations, past, pronounce, she, successors, thanks, their, treasures, were , would I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.
by Johnny Weissmuller (born in 1904) keywords: always, among, athletic, been, believed, competition, conditioning, interested, long, nations, physical, replace, should, violence, vitally , wars Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.
by Wim Wenders (born in 1945) keywords: cinema, course, credible, criticism, decay, film, french, greatest, making, movies, nations, problem, real, still, terms, very , world All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.
by Rebecca West (born in 1892) keywords: drop, go, many, men, nations, pears, should, sleepy, soft, their, treason , veins These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world.
by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (born in 1854) keywords: before, branded, call, deal, down, ever, finally, good, hesitate, lay, more, name, nations, our, pen, say, shall, their, them, these, true, undoing, were, which, will , world Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money.
by Paul Weyrich (born in 1942) keywords: figure, how, just, kick, many, money, nations, our, out, rebellious, still, taking, teenagers, teeth, times, try, us , while No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God.
by Roger Williams (born in 1603) keywords: against, antichrist, convert, did, ever, forth, go, god, gracious, holy, inspiration, man, nations, nor, present, prophesy, shall, spirit, state, truly , witnesses To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.
by Rowan D. Williamskeywords: believe, certain, christian, commanded, disciples, make, nations, say, things, will , world When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
by Wendell Willkie (born in 1892) keywords: become, clear, freedom, ignored, longer, mocking, nations, opportunity, our, own, paradoxes, society , talk There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations.
by Charles E. Wilson (born in 1886) keywords: aftermath, backward, case, certainly, countries, crop, drastically, failures, level, living, mass, may, nations, our, partial, prosperous, reduced, some, standard, subsistence, wars , where There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go.
by Rainn Wilson (born in 1966) keywords: actually, after, band, chess, club, computer, debate, go, had, high, junior, just, marching, model, nations, point, quit, same, school, spend, team, time, united, which , would Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.
by Woodrow Wilson (born in 1856) keywords: does, interest, nations, separates, sometimes, sympathy, them, tie, together, understanding , unite The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.
by Woodrow Wilson (born in 1856) keywords: armaments, connected, fortunes, future, immediately, intensely, land, mankind, most, nations, practical, question, sea , whether The nations of antiquity rolled away in the current of ages, Israel alone remained one indestructible edifice of gray antiquity... preserved by an internal and marvelous power.
by Isaac Mayer Wise (born in 1819) keywords: ages, alone, antiquity, away, current, edifice, gray, indestructible, internal, israel, marvelous, nations, power, preserved, remained , rolled I wish to express my hope that the efforts of our nations, nationalities and peoples in the direction of the development of our democratic order will be successful.
by Girma Woldegiorgis (born in 1924) keywords: democratic, development, direction, efforts, express, hope, nationalities, nations, order, our, peoples, successful, will , wish But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?
by Francis Wright (born in 1795) keywords: attention, been, civilized, engaged, enlightened, enlisted, feelings, generous, human, liberty, may, nations, rightly, understood , while We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
by Francis Wright (born in 1795) keywords: any, demand, forget, happiness, hear, labor, markets, mean, men, more, nations, necessities, powers, production, supply, then, these, thing, wealth , words Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world: to me that's the ultimate nightmare. I want to get lost and diffused in the world.
by Robert Wyatt (born in 1945) keywords: against, artists, diffused, finding, get, individualism, kind, lost, nations, nightmare, own, standing, their, those, ultimate, want , world In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.
by Ron Wyden (born in 1949) keywords: access, allowing, also, borders, cannot, control, countries, cross, deadly, debilitating, developing, diseases, drugs, generic, health, help, improve, infectious, nations, often, only, ourselves, shortsighted, these, think, those, today , world
