George Henry Lewes Quotes
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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The nineteenth century, especially the second half of it, was a time of restatement in Ireland. After the famine, after the failed rebellions of the Forties and Sixties, the cultural and political desires for self-determination began to shape each other in a series of riffs on independence and identity.
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Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence?
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I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.
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If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.
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The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for originality, but who realizes the value of artistic tradition.
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To be wealthy you must develop a burning desire for wealth and financial independence.
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Some feel that you lose your independence if you don't let your mind just wander where it wants to, if you try to control it. But that is not the case. If your mind is proceeding in the correct way, one already has the correct opinion. But if your mind is proceeding in an incorrect way, then it's necessary, definitely, to exercise control.
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Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.
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Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.
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Freedom is the silence of the law.
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The only people that should vote should be legal.
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You cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely.
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Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
