#sought

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out. ↗

— Mary Lyon

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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#condition #half #none #other #over

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

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In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought. ↗

— Elihu Root

#always #another #country #desire #first

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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It is only reasonable that our laws do not force our country to provide safe harbor to those individuals that are being sought out by their governments due to their terrorist ties. ↗

— Bill Shuster

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Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

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Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially the shrill immigration rhetoric and the harshly insensitive theory that no additional sacrifice or contribution should be sought from those at the top. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#agenda #contribution #doomed #economic #elements

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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