Cotton Mather Quotes
Ye monsters of the bubbling deep, Your Maker's praises spout; Up from the sands ye codlings peep, And wag your tails about.
Quotes to Explore
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How does the GOP repeal and replace Obamacare without cutting the benefits upon which millions of Americans have come to rely?
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We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.
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I'm ensuring my place in heaven.
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As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.
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If you check back through human history, you will find that three things, more than any others, have produced social transformation: violence, knowledge and wealth - and the greatest of these is wealth!
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I accept myself for who I am as a woman and a mother and this has given me the most confidence.
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When the people are too much attached to savage independence, to be tolerant of the amount of power to which it is for their good that they should be subject, the state of society is not yet ripe for representative government.
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Without going outside, you may know the whole world!
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One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.
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I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all.
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Heaven - the treasury of everlasting life.
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The things we sing about are timeless. Political affairs and social situations come and go. But if you're singing about empowerment and not playing by the rules, you can sing about them until you can't sing anymore.
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We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.
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This legislation will cut subsidies substantially; millions of people will lose health insurance, but certainly people will be worse off.
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You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity--no better, no worse. Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel comfortable.
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The Devil can quote scripture, after all. And monsters can say "please" and "thank you" same as any mother's son.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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Let's keep this simple: We separate religion and government in this country. That means the state has no business setting aside special days for prayer or other religious observances. Thomas Jefferson knew that. He refused to issue prayer proclamations during his presidency. James Madison issued a few under pressure from Congress but later in his life wrote an essay saying he wished he hadn't. Andrew Jackson followed Jefferson's lead and refused to issue such proclamations entirely.
