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If what I may believe - about gall-stones, the Constitution, castor oil, or God - is conditioned by law, then I am not a free man.
Formerly man had only a body and a soul. Now he needs a passport as well for without it he will not be treated like a human being.
Religion and Science are two aspects of social life, of which the former has been important as far back as we know anything of man
The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5' 7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands.
I don't have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to me about football.
With equality of experience and of general faculties, a woman usually sees much more than a man of what is immediately before her.
Women are almost always angry with men for one reason or another. It's one of things you'll have to get used to, as you get older.
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.
When you have done the rashest thing in the world it is very pleasant to be told that no man of spirit could have acted otherwise.
The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.
By the by, who ever knew a man who never read or wrote neither who hadn't got some small back parlour which he would call a study!
Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being.
Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite is true.
When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.
Till the sun of knowledge shines on the ignorant masses and till all the men start hating violence, the world shall find no peace!
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
the boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to them.
Pride seems tew be quite equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem tew have it just alike.
The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.
And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.
I don't know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.
I don't really think so much of what kind of man I am. I just do what I like and enjoy, and let other people think what they want.
Boethius might have been styled happy, if that precarious epithet could be safely applied before the last term of the life of man.
If the body dies, it does no harm to the mind, but if the mind dies, one can no longer act as a man even though the body survives.
John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing.
A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you.
The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.
It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.
Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.
Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.
The relationship between an actor and a director is like a love story between a man and a woman. I'm sure sometimes I'm the woman.
It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.
Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
Sooner or later, the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It is very depressing.
If true happiness depended on the thoughts of man, then all philosophers and deep thinkers would be filled to overflowing with it.
Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?
I love life, man, and I embrace every minute of it so maybe I bring that on the set. I love people and I want to have a good time.
Describe snow to someone who's lived in the desert. Depict the colour blue for a blind man. Almost impossible to fashion the word.
Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
I'm good man, repin' Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the fullest. Lettin' everybody know that I got some new heat comin' to the streets.
There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.
Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.
The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.
The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both. [The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between both.]
I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.
The greatness that would make us grave, Is but an empty thing. What more than mirth would mortals have? The cheerful man's a king.