Peter Stuyvesant Quotes

The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.

Peter Stuyvesant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: 1612 - 1672

Topics

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What happens to George Clooney and Bruce Willis is great, but I can't gauge my career by anyone else's.

Jimmy Smits

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Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.

Joe Barton

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Music inflames temperament.

Jim Morrison

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I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up.

Jim Rogers

GreatTimeThinkGrowEquityGround

I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico.

John Amos

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Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school.

John Caudwell

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Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

Michael Jai White

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We can never get around to being one nation under God if we can't even get around to being one Church under God.

Tony Evans

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It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

Tom Brokaw

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The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in.

Rob McKenna

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I like what I see in the mirror. I liked what I saw in the mirror before. It just didn't work in a bikini. And now it does. So I'm excited!

Jordin Sparks

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Being gay doesn't take your brain away or exclude me from having the same attributes as anyone else.

Don Lemon

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