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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

Quote by John Adams about defects, confusion, ignorance, virtue, nature

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

Quote by Joseph Addison about defects, quiet, perfection

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, defects, numbers, things, man

Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for several hundred years.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about defects

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Quote by Herodotus about defects, rightness, things, time

Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about body

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about survival, tools, fight, violence, human imperfections

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about knowledge

I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about liberty, wish, country

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

Quote by John Henry Newton about bad, corruption, excess

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham about opinion, perfection

Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.

Quote by Czeslaw Milosz about people, human imperfections

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

Quote by Publius Terentius Afer about suspicion, time