Henry Knox Quotes
That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
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Rian Malan was one of the first younger writers to perceive and write about a darkness in the South African psyche that goes deeper than mere politics. To some extent, that's my territory, too.
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Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.
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There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes.
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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.
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The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.
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Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer.
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No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.
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If we trace the history of any nation backwards into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and traditions which eventually fade away into impenetrable darkness.
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The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.
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Even so We find the sea of sorrow. Black as night The sullen surface meets our frightened gaze, As down we sink to darkness and despair.
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We aren't bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Nothing that I can do or say will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes — good will among men and peace on earth.
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If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred.
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One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific training, yet had accomplished so much, filled me with amazement. I felt that the time I had spent studying languages, literature and art was wasted; though later, of course, I learned this was not so.
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To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is the height of arrogance.
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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Great battles are won with artillery.
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That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.
