Great short quotes - Page 12

Pierre Trudeau, CBC Archives

The state has no business in the be…

17 May , 2024  

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. Great short quote and quotation by: Pierre Trudeau, CBC Archives , Canadian politician (1919 – 2000)

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Friedrich Engels, preface to Kark Marx, The Civil War in France, 1891

The state is nothing but an instrum…

17 May , 2024  

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another–no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy. Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Engels, preface to Kark Marx, The Civil War in France, 1891 , German socialist & economist (1820 – 1895)

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Frederic Bastait, Letters to the Economist March 5, 2005

The state is the great ficticious e…

17 May , 2024  

The state is the great ficticious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. Great short quote and quotation by: Frederic Bastait, Letters to the Economist March 5, 2005 ,

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The stoical scheme of supplying our…

17 May , 2024  

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Great short quote and quotation by: Jonathan Swift , Irish essayist, novelist, & satirist (1667 – 1745)

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Zaki Yamani, (chief architect of OPEC)

The Stone Age came to an end not fo…

17 May , 2024  

The Stone Age came to an end not for a lack of stone, and the oil age will end, but not for a lack of oil. Great short quote and quotation by: Zaki Yamani, (chief architect of OPEC) ,

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The story so far: In the beginning …

17 May , 2024  

The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. Great short quote and quotation by: Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe , English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 – 2001)

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The stream of thought flows on; but…

17 May , 2024  

The stream of thought flows on; but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be […]

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Claiborne Pell

The strength of the United States i…

17 May , 2024  

The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people. Great short quote and quotation by: Claiborne Pell , US Democratic politician (1918 – )

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Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband

The strength of women comes from th…

17 May , 2024  

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women? merely adored. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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The strictest law often causes the …

17 May , 2024  

The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)

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The strictest law sometimes becomes…

17 May , 2024  

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Franklin , US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790)

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Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf

The stronger must dominate and not …

17 May , 2024  

The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness. Great short quote and quotation by: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf , German Nazi dictator, orator, & politician (1889 – 1945)

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