#rise above

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

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Reality is something you rise above. ↗

— Liza Minnelli

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It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ↗

— Washington Irving

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An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone. ↗

— Robert Heilbroner

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