“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”
— Horatio Nelson
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Justice is itself the great standing policy
“Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.”
— Edmund Burke
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If the misery of the poor be
“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
— Charles Darwin
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The best and safest thing is to
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.”
— Euripides
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A just and reasonable modesty does not
“A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.”
— Joseph Addison
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The great thing about the United States
“The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply.”
— Christopher Hitchens
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Governing a great nation is like cooking
“Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.”
— Lao Tzu
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I remember a great America where we
“I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.”
— Cher
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Every daring attempt to make a great
“Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian.”
— Emma Goldman
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That some achieve great success, is proof
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
— Abraham Lincoln
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Whatever I have tried to do in
“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.”
— Charles Dickens
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