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This young century will be liberty's century.

This young century will be liberty's century.

Quote by George W. Bush about liberty

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is...

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

Quote by Erich Fromm about god, man

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes...

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

Quote by Pierre Bayle about opinion

Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon.

Quote by John Berger about opinion, people

Naivety can be an asset. In general, naive people are laughed about, but with love. If a man of 19th century would live in the 21st century, the habit of thinking based on his own jugement would be enoughfor him to manage things in a good manner.

Quote by Ioana Parvulescu about naivety, habits, thinking, things, good, good luck, love, man, people

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, too, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about earth

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th...

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

Quote by Lynn Abbey

To feel free enough to write at all, I have to give my...

To feel free enough to write at all, I have to give my research a twist that allows me to say, Okay, this is NOT 12th century France.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about research

Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.

Quote by Joe Baca about ancestors, beginning, country, war

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about press, law, public, rightness

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th...

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

Quote by M. H. Abrams

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

Quote by George W. Bush about consequences, weakness, tragedy, action, world

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, real estate

People want you to satisfy every possible dream or expectation they would have for a woman president... We still live at a time when a female president is controversial - even though it seems so bizarre that we've made it to the 21st century...

Quote by Geena Davis about expectation, dream, woman, talent, time, people

In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

Quote by Placido Domingo

Not only do we sing too high but, even more, if you want to respect the spirit of the technique that the composers had at their command in the 19th century, you would have to use the head voice.

Quote by Placido Domingo about voice, heads, use, respect, spirit

However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library.

Quote by Richard Ernst about books, city, home

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be...

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Quote by Bill Gates

I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, yes my country is doing well, but you think about the world at large.

Quote by Bill Gates about country, world

This thing called revolutionary propaganda and activity is something of an art in itself. It has been developed to a high degree in Europe where revolutionary groups have been active for half a century and where Communist revolutionary groups have...

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about activity, past, art, magic, things

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