#centuries

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a long time, as a matter of fact for centuries, fundamental Russian policies in respect to the rest of the world. ↗

— David Bruce

#been #believing #centuries #fact #fundamental

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason. ↗

— Archibald Cox

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I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

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Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#begins #centuries #come #glorified #know

We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart. ↗

— Romeo LeBlanc

#attitudes #become #canada #centuries #debt

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#back #bowed #burden #centuries #emptiness

We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back. ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#back #british #british government #cared #centuries

At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

#aid #battle #centuries #conquer #expecting

It has been popular to threaten "small islands and low-lying coasts" with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries. ↗

— Nils-Axel Morner

#analysis #been #careful #centuries #changes