William Cabell Rives Quotes
The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever apparent exceptions may delude our short-sighted judgments, never fail to vindicate their supremacy and immutability.William Cabell Rives
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Edmund Burke -
I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
Viktor E. Frankl -
I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
Pat Metheny -
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry -
At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?
Dan Gelber -
Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
Immanuel Kant
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Liberty means more to me than life itself.
Jack Kevorkian -
Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
E. M. Forster -
Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
Wendell Wilkie -
We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution.
Ted Cruz -
Freedom and Liberty cannot exist without Individual Responsibilty. Failure to exercise Individual Responsibilty forfeits your right to self-governance and delivers it to Government which, through force, will set the parameters of your life.
Brian Wilson
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This life is for us to discover the divine within. And that's really the key to life in many ways for me. And the thing is, it's not for us to reason why everything is what it is... just do it.
John Roy Anderson Yes -
I'm mad about God! That's why I'm divine.
Bette Midler -
I spoke last night with many of my counterparts and without exception there was overwhelming support for this action by the military coalition consisting of the United States and the United Kingdom.
Jack Straw -
When this country here was first being founded, there were 13 colonies. The whites were colonized. They were fed up with this taxation without representation. So some of them stood up and said, liberty or death.
Manning Marable -
We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one time or another. Therefore, it is likely that all beings in this universe have familial connections.
Dalai Lama -
I have to allow his judgment. He felt like he could do that at that time.
Phil Jackson
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's persistent and most urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?'
Martin Luther -
When anybody laughs, he has no mind, no thought, no problem, no suffering.
H. W. L. Poonja -
Show your love wherever you go, and enjoy love's blossoms whenever you return.
Anthony Douglas Williams -
The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
Caitriona Balfe -
In this whole screwed-up town, you're the only thing that's always been right to me," he whispered. "I love you, Claire." She saw something that might have been just a flash of panic go across his expression, but then he steadied again. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I do. I love you.
Rachel Caine -
The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever apparent exceptions may delude our short-sighted judgments, never fail to vindicate their supremacy and immutability.
William Cabell Rives