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"By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry."
James Monroe
"By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry."
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"It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man standing."
Robbie Fowler
"It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man standing."
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"I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet."
Lisa Leslie
"I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet."
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"A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself."
Thomas Kempis
"A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself."
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"Man knows much more than he understands."
Alfred Adler
"Man knows much more than he understands."
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"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all."
John Burroughs
"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all."
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"Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year."
Barry Bostwick
"Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year."
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"All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law."
Andy Rooney
"All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law."
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
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"I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!"
Samuel Smiles
"I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!"
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"Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves."
Gene Fowler
"Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves."
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"Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey."
Malcolm De Chazal
"Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey."
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"True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it."
William Penn
"True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it."
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"All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears."
Rebecca West
"All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears."
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"Great men always pay deference to greater."
Walter Savage Landor
"Great men always pay deference to greater."
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"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it."
Edward F. Halifax
"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it."
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"There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought."
Charles Kingsley
"There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought."
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"Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor."
Ulysses S. Grant
"Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor."
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"Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed, too, by sexism-the lie that there can be such a thing as men's liberation groups."
Robin Morgan
"Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed, too, by sexism-the lie that there can be such a thing as men's liberation groups."
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"I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones."
Bill Wyman
"I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones."
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"Men still control the news, both on and off camera."
Jessica Savitch
"Men still control the news, both on and off camera."
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"Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run."
Edward Hoagland
"Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run."
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"An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things."
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"Great causes and little men go ill together."
Jawaharlal Nehru
"Great causes and little men go ill together."
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"What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another."
Virgil
"What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another."
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"Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results."
Allen Tate
"Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results."
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"The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering."
Walter Kaufmann
"The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering."
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"A man convinced against his will is not convinced."
Laurence J. Peter
"A man convinced against his will is not convinced."
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"Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings."
Solomon Ibn Gabirol
"Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings."
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"Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record."
Roger Maris
"Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record."
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"The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you."
Norman Mailer
"The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you."
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"Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill."
Betty Friedan
"Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill."
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"The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man."
Louis Farrakhan
"The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man."
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"No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins."
Eugene McCarthy
"No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins."
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"To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster."
John Carpenter
"To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster."
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"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others."
Edward Abbey
"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others."
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"It all goes back, of course, to Adam and Eve - a story which shows among other things, that if you make a woman out of a man, you are bound to get into trouble."
Carol Gilligan
"It all goes back, of course, to Adam and Eve - a story which shows among other things, that if you make a woman out of a man, you are bound to get into trouble."
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"Study men, not historians."
Harry S. Truman
"Study men, not historians."
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"The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever."
John M. McHugh
"The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever."
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"A man is known by the silence he keeps."
Oliver Herford
"A man is known by the silence he keeps."
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"There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices."
Algernon Sydney
"There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices."
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"I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line."
Roman Polanski
"I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line."
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"If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?"
John Gunther
"If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?"
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"And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals."
John Perkins
"And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals."
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"I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects."
Thom Gunn
"I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects."
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"I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons."
Tanith Lee
"I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons."
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"A learned man has always riches in himself."
Phaedrus
"A learned man has always riches in himself."
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"Grown men do not need leaders."
Edward Abbey
"Grown men do not need leaders."
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"Man is a substance clad in shadows."
John Sterling
"Man is a substance clad in shadows."
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"For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live."
Theodor Adorno
"For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live."
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