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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. ↗

— Robert Frost

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Acts of anti-Semitism in countries throughout the world, including some of the world's strongest democracies, have increased significantly in frequency and scope over the last several years. ↗

— Tim Holden

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Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death. ↗

— Franz Werfel

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Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports. ↗

— Bernice Weissbourd

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The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government. ↗

— George Will

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Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you? ↗

— Tennessee Williams

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Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring. ↗

— Mary Wortley

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