Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

Henry Ward Beecher

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887

Topics

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I think the rich should pay more in taxes - I agree with that 100 percent - but everybody should feel the pain a little bit.

John Catsimatidis

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You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.

Anatoly Chubais

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After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

Robert Quine

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'Jackass: The Movie' is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body.

Matthew Barney

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I think I've always acted confident, even at times I haven't been confident.

Michael Avenatti

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I can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.

Amber Heard

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If a brand wants to build social communities, capital and influence, it must become the chief celebrant of its community, not its celebrity. This simple shift in approach unlocks enormous transformative potential for brands.

Simon Mainwaring

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I've quoted Lost in America several times.

Robin Tunney

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I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.

Robin Wright

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When I go to bed at night, I wear a sleeping bag. And for a long time, I wore mittens so that I couldn't open the sleeping bag.

Mike Birbiglia

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The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

Louis D. Brandeis

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What a ball from Frank. Frank and I go back years. He used to do that when I was at Ajax.

Dennis Bergkamp

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