Charles A. Beard Quotes

The first session of the Congress of the United States under the Constitution was devoted principally to the problems of immediate revenues and administrative and judicial organization.

Charles A. Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1874 - September 1, 1948

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We all want to live forever, but we don't want to suck blood to do it, right? I think people like to have these deep moral questions that don't come up in real life.

Melissa de la Cruz

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Writing plays fast and loose with the past.

Andre Aciman

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If you take a look at Medicare, there are things we could do, not just tort reform but truly reform the whole reimbursement system which will help in terms of reducing costs and creating the right kind of incentives for savings.

John Hoeven

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I grew up in a family where no one had written a newspaper or magazine article about anybody in my family for a hundred years, right? Then, all of a sudden, we're getting one millennium's worth of media attention in six months.

Michael J. Saylor

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If the day's writing has been particularly good or particularly bad, a glass of scotch will be involved.

Stephen J. Dubner

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I would have a democratic process for people to get together and talk about the way they want the government to conduct business with China.

Tsai Ing-wen

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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Robert Burton

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I really liked the 'Pitch Black' DVD, and I liked the commentary.

Ron Howard

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We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

Joyce Meyer

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Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment. To not become a country that places comfortable lies ahead of difficult truths. To not become a people that thinks so little of ourselves that we demand no sacrifice from each other.

Chris Christie

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To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.

Christopher Reeve

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People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

Bodhidharma

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