William Gilmore Simms Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.
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There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another.
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We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts.
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Why did Ted Geisel end up writing and illustrating for young minds? He has specific imagery in the book, and we never would have moved beyond the discussion phase, if we couldn't have found an expression for The Lorax, dimensionally, that was true to the soul of what comes through in his simple line drawings, on the page.
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Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.
