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Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

The term papers make me more crazy, because they involve more variables I cannot directly control! With acting, I feel more power-like I'm making all the choices.

Less is more.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

The Democrats in the Senate adopted a resolution, an amendment, saying that there should be no Guantanamo detainees brought into this country. So, more and more, we're finding the American people on one side, the ACLU and the troglodytes from the New York Times on the other, where they belong.

People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

As I got more successful, I felt it was more incumbent upon me to help the other people. I did more and more and the more I did the more I wanted.

Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.

However, before we make the mistake of patting ourselves on the back, let's remember: government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. The real credit for our economic renewal belongs to the people of Alabama .

I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.