William Gilmore Simms Quotes
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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Our policy on the annexation of Crimea, which we consider illegal, will stay.
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For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy.
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There is nothing in ANC policy which calls for attacks on civilians in supermarkets, schools, and cinemas unless these are regarded as military installations.
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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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We don't want a president who fails at domestic and foreign policy.
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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
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Virtue has her heroes tooAs well as Fame and Fortune.
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Certain developments in Russian politics and foreign policy in recent months have given us pause
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I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity in Britain. I hated to part with my guitar, but it was for such a great cause.
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They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men they themselves were before Pearl Harbor. Among MacArthur's ardent infantrymen were cooks, mechanics, pilots whose planes had been shot down, seamen whose ships had been sunk, and some civilian volunteers.
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Mug your destiny in an alley and punch it until it gives you what you want
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Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.
