#accord

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#act #always #arranges #evil #free

I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation. ↗

— Dolley Madison

#am #cabinet #carriage #fill #i

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#accused #between #choice #given #heresy

The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#angle #examines #minds #state #them

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination. ↗

— Maimonides

#astronomy #between #certainly #comprehending #desirous

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#actions #bad #because #built #does

What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour. ↗

— Walter Martin

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God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us. ↗

— Walter Martin

#does #entertain #exercise #faith #god

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. ↗

— Karl Marx

#each #his #needs