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No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.


Elihu Root

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And his first minute, after noon, is night.
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NORMAN MAILER No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.
WOODROW WILSON No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.
WOODROW WILSON If they love they know not why, they hate upon no better ground, they hate upon no better a ground.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No praying, it spoils business.
THOMAS OTWAY Four score and seven years ago, our father brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived...
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ORISON SWETT MARDEN But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.
FRANCIS BACON In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt...
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KARL LIEBKNECHT It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission an...
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ROBERT DALLEK Even this nation (the US) will be on the very verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the groun...
JOSEPH SMITH JR. To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)
GENERAL FERDINAND FOCH This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety . It becomes more an...
DALAI LAMA And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: ...
BIBLE Instead of swinging back and forth between individual points of truth, each piece we learn should bu...
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THOMAS GAGE Sunburn' established to the nation who we were. It is our ground to sit on.
BRETT SCALLIONS 'Sunburn' established to the nation who we were. It is our ground to sit on.
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ABIGAIL WASHBURN A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
LYDIA M. CHILD Now is everything
Now is the essence
Now is the focus
Focus on the now
For that ...
KAREN HACKEL Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea...
DEYTH BANGER There is no use in falling if you cannot conquer the ground upon which you fell
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JAMES CARVILLE Action is what will produce your desired results.
ROSETTE MUGIDDE WAMAMBE Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is.
NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Professionals and good Samaritans, once be the gardener of the nation, would root up corruption.
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EDWIN LOUIS COLE Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.
CHARLES BABBAGE The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman
MEXICAN PROVERB The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.
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PAT ROBERTSON fantasies awakens our creative side; heightens our senses; and sets forth our dreams to come true
DEBBIE NICHOLSON There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY No one who ever led a nation got there by following the path of another.
JAY SAMIT I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him up...
JOHN F. KENNEDY The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground...
WINSTON CHURCHILL The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground...
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground
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THOMAS JEFFERSON Pigs root looking for roots and food, disturbing the ground, changing what grows and what doesn't.
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