James McHenry Quotes
'I consider this Negro Benjamin Banneker as fresh proof that the powers of the mind are disconnected with the colour of the skin or in other words, a striking contradiction to Mr. Hume's doctrine that 'the Negroes are naturally inferior to the whites and unsusceptible of attainments in arts and sciences.'' 123
James McHenry
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I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Victoria Woodhull
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
Saint Basil
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Ogden Nash
I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
Iris Johansen
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
Victor Hugo
When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
Park Shin-hye
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
Oscar Levant
I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
Cameron Mackintosh
In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
Jackie Speier
The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
Kate Reardon
One time I went into a restroom and a girl followed me in. I signed an autograph for her in the sink. It was pretty funny because she was in a guy's restroom and she wasn't embarrassed at all.
Zac Efron
As long as a member state is a member state, there are no negotiations bilaterally on any trade agreement with third parties.
Federica Mogherini
Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.
Ferdinand de Saussure
The death of Abdel Nasser on September 28, 1970, was an irreversible setback for Egypt.
Fidel Castro
I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries.
Ranbir Kapoor
We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
Tammy Duckworth
Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.
Harold Pinter
Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.
Major Owens
As he had so many times before, Taleswapper addressed a few silent words to God, which always came down to this question: Why do you put us to so much trouble, when it all comes to naught in the end?...And, as usual, God had nothing much to say to Taleswapper when his questioning was done.
Orson Scott Card
Just start off with the same goals in mind. If you have the same values, same goals then you'll be on track for the same future.
Angelina Jolie
Only struggle educates the exploited class. Only struggle discloses to it the magnitude of its own power, widens its horizon, enhances its abilities, clarifies its mind, forges its will.
Vladimir Lenin
Now color - it is to this remark that I wished to lead - is the flower of fine modelling. These two qualities always accompany each other, and it is these qualities which give to every masterpiece of the sculptor the radiant appearance of living flesh.
Auguste Rodin
'I consider this Negro Benjamin Banneker as fresh proof that the powers of the mind are disconnected with the colour of the skin or in other words, a striking contradiction to Mr. Hume's doctrine that 'the Negroes are naturally inferior to the whites and unsusceptible of attainments in arts and sciences.'' 123
James McHenry
