Mercy Otis Warren Quotes
No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.

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Marylanders are among the nation's hardest working and most educated people. We have universities and schools that are among the best in the nation.
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I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
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I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
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I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
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Europeans forget that one-third of the American people have had a personal conversation with Jesus Christ and that the born-again are not just little old ladies in black but also CEOs and provosts of universities and candidates for office.
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Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.
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My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.
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The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.
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I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.
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Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.
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In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.
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What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense - none of which can be taught in a classroom... Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done.
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I try to encourage people to look at our past in a critical way because as our education, we have a great, great history. But in reality we are poorest in ethics and philosophy, so I try to raise people’s consciousness on how we deal with our past.
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The world is getting so reality-driven these days. It seems to be accelerating exponentially. But it's a dangerous game for a lot of people.
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I share my story to help other people. I know people need someone to be a role model and help them along the way.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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I am bewildered by the death of love. And my responsibility for it.
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I am a deeply spiritual and religious person both privately and publicly.
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No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.