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War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.

And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.

The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men.

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

I try to watch the show every week and improve upon myself. I've become a fan.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth.

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.

As we know from the work of certain fundamental physicists, people like Einstein were very dependent upon conjuring up visual images in order to imagine things which otherwise were not easily formulated.

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose, said right; and it is equally true that the curb can never play, when in its right place, except the horse be upon his haunches.

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.