Albert Sidney Johnston Quotes
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How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty: most treacherous, indeed, of all phantoms; for the feeblest ray of reason might surely show us, that not only its attainment, but its being, was impossible..... There is no such thing in the universe. There can never be. The stars have it not; the earth has it not; the sea has it not; and we men have the mockery and semblance of it only for our heaviest punishment.
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A woman who laughs is a woman conquered.
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By His life, death, and resurrection, our Savior has conquered our enemies, and by His Spirit He has granted us to share in the victory.
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The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable.
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Minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.
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Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.
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A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
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Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in three different ways. The first is to ruin them; the second, for the conqueror to go and reside there in person; and the third is to allow them to continue to live under their own laws, subject to a regular tribute, and to create in them a government of a few, who will keep the country friendly to the conqueror...
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Harmony between two individuals is never granted-it has to be conquered indefinitely.
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To work with threads seemed sissy to me. I wanted something to be conquered. But circumstances held me to threads and they won me over.
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A mind attacked and conquered is guided easily away from the paths of its own soul.
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Reluctantly he realized some forces could not be conquered and some vengeances can never be sated.
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Love came and flew as blood in my veins Emptied me of myself and filled me with beloved. Each part of my being she conquered Now a mere name is left to me and the rest is she.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.
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I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position.
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My view is that taxation ought to be based upon ability to pay.
