William Graham Sumner Quotes

Before the tribunal of nature, a man has no more right to life than a rattlesnake; he has no more right to liberty than any wild beast; his right to the pursuit of happiness is nothing but a license to maintain the struggle for existence, if he can find within himself the powers with which to do it.

William Graham Sumner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 30, 1840 - April 12, 1910

Topics

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I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.

Jim Davis

MeI CanGoEverywhereRecognises

Advertising should always be in good taste without a question.

Jerry Della Femina

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Satisfying a profit motive must never be the reason for law enforcement, and it certainly must never be allowed to support the seizure of personal property by those who we trust to protect and defend our nation and our Constitution.

Tony Cardenas

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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

Mary Astell

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If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.

Joichi Ito

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To have a healthy culture, you have to have stable health care financing and stable arts financing and stable sports financing, and if you don't have that, your culture becomes a parking lot.

Douglas Coupland

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In a world of status, independence is key, because a primary means of establishing status is to tell others what to do, and taking orders is a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.

Deborah Tannen

WomenFocusMenWorldKeyNeed

Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful and caring relationships.

Deepak Chopra

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I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

Chuck Schumer

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For me, religion is a political construct, and spirituality is a community construct, and there's a real difference.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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When I was in college, I walked by the journalism school every day on my way to my own classes, and that's the closest I've come to having any sort of journalism background.

Wyatt Cenac

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I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale.

Prince

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