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"He did not make the rule against the Christians, for Trajan did that; and if we admit that he would have been willing to let the Christians alone, we cannot affirm that it was in his power, for it wou…"

"Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute."

"If a big diamond is cut up into pieces, it immediately loses its value as a whole; or if an army is scattered or divided into small bodies, it loses all its power; and in the same way a great intellec…"

"Stories that made Christianity powerful then, weaken it now."

"The fearsome fact of our time is that other elements than the government have assumed the role of directing our affairs. To a very large extent the way we live and the things we live for are determine…"

"The essence of control is to remain hidden from view, is it not?"

"I had, in part, touching, sight, and feeling in three properties of God, in which the strength and effect of all the Revelation standeth: and they were seen in every Shewing, and most properly in the …"

"Regarding the doll in the Purge, since it's one of my favorite moments in the series: The Custodians are the physical embodiment of a very vaporous notion -- human conscience. Does conscience really e…"

"Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord to women equal power in the …"

"I have had what might be called a post graduate course in the most important subject for all Canadians - Canada itself."

"The development of air power in its broadest sense, and including the development of all means of combating missiles that travel through the air, whether fired or dropped, is the first essential to ou…"

"France or a Belgium is not quite a sovereign nation any more, and thus does not have complete control over its national destiny or foreign relations."

"Almost all governments and known figures strongly condemned this incident . But then a propaganda machine came into full force; it was implied that the whole world was exposed to a huge danger, namely…"

"The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution , there were no limits to what the legislature might do."

"As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to..."

"But they lived those extraordinary lives that can never be lived again. And in the living of them, they gave me a history that is more profound, more beautiful, more powerful, more passionate, and ult…"

"She said, "We're detectives" in the tone of voice that someone might say, "Making you happy isn't making me happy"

"Having condemned the policy of severity which had been adopted with the object of bringing the war to a conclusion, he said that it might be doubted whether anything short of the restoration of the in…"

"You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people sp…"

"In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function."