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"Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature."

"Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men."

"War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men."

Georges Clemenceau, French Leader

Man, Men, War, Military

40

"The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women."

"The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Man, Men, Women, Canada, Woman

40

"What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind."

"What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

Man, Men, Mind, Result

40

"Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep?"

"Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep?"

Frank B. Kellogg, American Politician

Man, Men, War, Sacrifice, Time

40

"Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss."

"Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss."

Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat

Man, Men, Rejection, Routine, Tragedy

40

"A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times."

"A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times."

Randall Jarrell, American Poet

40

"It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one."

"It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

40

"Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing."

"Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing."

Christopher Morley, American Author

40

"If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it."

"If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it."

Victoria Woodhull, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Today

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"No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic."

"No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic."

James Larkin, Irish Activist

Man, Men, Women, Destruction, Englfight

40

"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me."

"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me."

Ted Williams, American Athlete

40

"As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century."

"As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century."

Robert A. Dahl, American Writer

Man, Men, Athens, Right

40

"Were I not a king, I would be a university man."

"Were I not a king, I would be a university man."

King James I, British Royalty

Man, University

40

"As long as every generation rises to its challenges and stands up in defense of liberty - as Americans have done in the past and as our men and women continue to do today - our nation will remain free and strong."

"As long as every generation rises to its challenges and stands up in defense of liberty - as Americans have done in the past and as our men and women continue to do today - our nation will remain free and strong."

Doc Hastings, American Politician

Man, Men, Women, Americans, Defense

40

"We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate by an aggregation of capital, and a systematic application of it under the direction of competent men."

"We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate by an aggregation of capital, and a systematic application of it under the direction of competent men."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

Man, Men, Development, Country, Direction

40

"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."

"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."

Ross Perot, American Businessman

40

"It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man."

"It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

40

"The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves."

"The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

40

"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted."

"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted."

Fred Allen, American Comedian

40

"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

40

"Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex."

"Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex."

Jerry Rubin, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Sex, Act

40

"Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight."

"Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight."

Charles Rangel, American Politician

Man, Men, War, Women, Career

40

"No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me."

"No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Man, Men, Genius, Woman

40

"A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away."

"A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away."

Dennis Miller, American Comedian

Man, Obvious, Support

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"The surest plan to make a man is, think him so."

"The surest plan to make a man is, think him so."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

40

"What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much."

"What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

40

"I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle."

"I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle."

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

Man, Men, Compromise, Principles

40

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent."

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent."

John Donne, British Poet

40

"Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much."

"Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much."

Walter Lippmann, American Journalist

40

"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

Jean Paul, German Author

Man, Men, Danger, First, Timidity

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"A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man."

"A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

40

"The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house."

"The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

Man, Men, Debt, Living, Poor

40

"I know it's not a one man team win or lose."

"I know it's not a one man team win or lose."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

40

"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not."

"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not."

Mary Catherine Bateson, American Scientist

Man, May, Wishes, Woman

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"Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty."

"Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty."

Gerald F. Lieberman, American Writer

Man, Men, Being, Country, Poor

40

"As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy."

"As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy."

Christopher Dawson, English Writer

Man, Men, Evil, Fight

40

"Man, you don't know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice."

"Man, you don't know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice."

Muddy Waters, American Musician

40

"We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers."

"We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Man, Men, Brothers, Want

40

"I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn't matter what you are if you are a good person."

"I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn't matter what you are if you are a good person."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

Man, Reinventing, Right

40

"Well, you can't compete with a six foot five man in a wig."

"Well, you can't compete with a six foot five man in a wig."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

40

"Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."

"Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."

Chanakya, Indian Politician

Man, Men, Birds, Company, Poor

40

"They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is."

"They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is."

Thomas More, English Author

Man, Men, Thought, Gold, Value

40

"It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly."

"It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly."

Richard Whately, English Writer

40

"Man is everywhere still in chains."

"Man is everywhere still in chains."

Herbert Read, English Poet

40

"A wise man's question contains half the answer."

"A wise man's question contains half the answer."

Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish Poet

40

"I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'"

"I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'"

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

40

"I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us."

"I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us."

Sacha Guitry, French Director

Man, Men, Women, Trying

40

"If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I."

"If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

40

"Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young."

"Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young."

Antony Jay, British Writer

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