Algernon Sidney Quotes

If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.

Algernon Sidney

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Over the years, I've come to recognize that democratization in Ethiopia is not just a matter of choice. It's a matter of national survival. I am deeply convinced that we either democratize and have a good chance of surviving, or if we fail to do so, we disintegrate.

Meles Zenawi

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I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.

Melinda Gates

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My aim in life is not to judge.

Jeanne Moreau

LifeJudgeAim

A hostility to modernity is shared by ideologies that have nothing else in common - a nostalgia for moral clarity, small-town intimacy, family values, primitive communism, ecological sustainability, communitarian solidarity, or harmonies with the rhythms of nature.

Steven Pinker

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Are there moments when I see unrequited crushes or ex-boyfriends slow dancing with their dates and kind of want to stab myself in the spleen with a salad fork? Yeah, sure.

Sloane Crosley

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My weight fluctuates. I have years where I wear a size 10, and years where I wear a size 4.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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When you are scoring runs, you automatically become a good leader because you are armed with so much confidence. If you struggle with your performance, then it becomes very difficult for a leader to perform his role.

Mohammad Azharuddin

GoodLeaderConfidenceStruggleYou

The separation of a childless couple is dramatic, but the separation of a couple with children is always tragic.

Louis Garrel

ChildrenSeparationAlwaysDramatic

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

Douglas MacArthur

DieFadeNeverOldSoldiersJust

The poet is the voice of the people. And when the poet presents certain ideas, two phrases in one poem can alter a generation's view. So poets have always been feared - and controlled and jailed.

Donovan

PeopleIdeasVoiceGenerationView

The next time I write a play - in order to get audience trust for a particular sort of tragic line, I'll try to bring the audience a good distance before that. Part of that is allowing comic moments to occur. I had been afraid of that - that once the audience started laughing in the play, they would never stop.

Colm Toibin

GoodTimeTrustMomentsStopPlay

I am always open to a conversation. I am always open to a bipartisan compromise.

Brian Schatz

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