Quotern

Quotern

Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.

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Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers.

-- William Petty

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Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear - because peace and fear are both contagious.

-- John Ortberg Jr.

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You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.

-- Florence E. Allen

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Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have not lived up to this duty.

-- Patty Murray

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Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career.

-- Lawrence R. Klein

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What's a man's age He must hurry more, that's all Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

-- Robert Browning

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From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a new Ice Age - but there is no suggestion that either the created order or mankind would be destroyed in the process.

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In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness.

-- Marshall McLuhan

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Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father.

-- Gail Carson Levine

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