"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect."
-George Bancroft
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"Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.“
-George Bancroft
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"By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy."
-George Bancroft
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"The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force."
-George Bancroft
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"Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible."
-George Bancroft
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"Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul."
-George Bancroft
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"How sweet it is!"
-Jackie Gleason
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"The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy."
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"I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise."
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"The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see."
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"Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time."
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"I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman."
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"The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature."
-Lewis Thomas
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