Thomas Pogge Quotes

If I were surrounded by angels who were purely rational and had no inclinations at all, I couldn't do anything for them. I couldn't make them happy; I couldn't make them sad, I would be entirely useless as a moral agent.

Thomas Pogge

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A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom.

John Bright

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One of the lessons learned from 22 July is that we have to take seriously all those people who take part in debates on the Internet, expressing extreme views, and then meet them, discuss with them, bring them into the open. We have not used bans or used the laws to try to forbid parties or political tendencies which we don't like.

Jens Stoltenberg

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One only has to look at the performance of the economy to understand how it shapes the perspective of America's youth about military service.

John M. McHugh

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Silver is used in the electronics industry and is consumed daily; stock piles of silver are dwindling.

Robert Kiyosaki

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'Hard Hit,' a YA collection of poems, explores the country of grief and survival. Mark, a 16-year-old boy and skilled pitcher, must confront the coming death of his beloved father with the help of his friends, family, baseball, and an idiosyncratic belief in God. I used my own experience of my parents' deaths to inform this journey.

Ann Turner

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I grew up in Southern Oregon. My father was a sawmill worker and a logger, and his job put food on the table.

Jeff Merkley

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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.

Tony Campolo

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Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

Marty Meehan

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My kids completely understand that I may be on a huge show or in a big movie, but most of the time, they are not terribly impressed.

Jason Winston George

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I did comedy and parody television in the '70s. I was a liberal Democrat, and it was a very heady year.

Chevy Chase

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A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Bryant H. McGill

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In 2003, being Virginia Player of the Year was an amazing feeling because I think that was the moment I realized I could actually, really go far in my sport, and I was actually, really good at something. At that moment, I knew that I could play at a high level.

Ali Krieger

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