Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
If it be of the highest importance to man, as an individual, that his religion should be true, the case of society is not the same. Society has no future life to hope for or to fear; and provided the citizens profess a religion, the peculiar tenets of that religion are of very little importance to its interests.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
Jackie Robinson
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
Orville Wright
Venezuela, given its extraordinary educational, cultural, and social developments, and its vast energy and natural resources, is called on to become a revolutionary model for the world.
Fidel Castro
I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
Karan Johar
People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
Randeep Hooda
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
Rabindranath Tagore
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
Oprah Winfrey
I am married to work.
Alexander McQueen
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
Babasaheb
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
Larry Bird
As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.
Johann Most
If it be of the highest importance to man, as an individual, that his religion should be true, the case of society is not the same. Society has no future life to hope for or to fear; and provided the citizens profess a religion, the peculiar tenets of that religion are of very little importance to its interests.
Alexis de Tocqueville
