Caleb Cushing Quotes

Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.

Caleb Cushing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: diplomat
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1800 - January 2, 1879

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I don't particularly want to jump out of an airplane with a parachute if I don't have to. I don't want to go bungee jumping. I like adventure with a real purpose that I can buy into.

John M. Grunsfeld

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One of the things that Dostoevsky talks about is that no character is too high to fall and no character is too low to be redeemed. 'Crime and Punishment' began with a person going out and consciously becoming a cold-blooded murderer, and it took 800 pages and an epilogue before the person finally asked for forgiveness.

Jeffrey Bell

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Conservatives believe that international institutions such as the United Nations are anti-American and anti-Israeli cabals. Progressives do not like the economic medicine that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank force down the throats of developing countries.

Michael Ignatieff

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There's always a tension between those who would like to garner wealth, and they contribute a lot to society. There's also those who say, 'I believe in the common good. I want that to be enlarged.' They contribute a lot to society. The tension, the debate, between these two views is extremely important to our progress.

John Sulston

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I drive around on my scooter in Milan alone - we don't have bodyguards or anything like that. I am a fashion designer, not a celebrity, and although I get stopped for autographs and the like, I don't think I am famous.

Stefano Gabbana

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There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

Shiv Khera

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I'm not comfortable with getting a job by being at the right Hollywood party; I'm not a terribly sociable creature.

Mary-Louise Parker

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I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at.

Michael Moore

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I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail with my motivation to write.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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I did not hear her go or come back, but I supposed she went.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

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It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do.

Dolly Parton

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Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore.

Brett Favre

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