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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.


Wendell Phillips

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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips.
WENDELL PHILLIPS Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found with...
JOHN ADAMS That's what's happening... zombies are out... but in hour movie... not in series.
DEYTH BANGER I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
MARY WORLEY MONTAGU I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines w...
DOROTHY THOMPSON It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines w...
DOROTHY THOMPSON Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.
LAYNE STALEY Richard was a riddle with no answer, and I was tired of playing a game I couldn't win.
LAURELL K. HAMILTON Expectations are something which is very strange. The more you expect out of your life or from other...
REKHA MENON Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upo...
EDMUND BURKE Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slaver...
PLATO Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
CARL ROWAN Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow yo...
ANGELA DAVIS Violence against women in this country is not levied against just Democrats, but Republicans as well...
GWEN MOORE Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
KARL MARX We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that.
LESTER ABRAM Whether she knows it or not, people watch.
DOUG MORSE Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it,...
PATRICK HENRY Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid i...
PATRICK HENRY One can argue whether democracy has always committed to and resulted in safeguarding liberty and equ...
JONATHAN CHEN I kept thinking that I couldn't live my life for other people, that love was nothing but chains. And...
KIERA CASS Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.
ROY BARNES Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or lib...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it,...
PATRICK HENRY Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, ...
PATRICK HENRY Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it...
PATRICK HENRY One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisf...
KAREL CAPEK No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their s...
JOHN P. ZENGER Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments...
ALEXANDER HAMILTON Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
FRANCES WRIGHT Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: wh...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: wh...
ALEXIS TOCQUEVILLE I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low in spirits and weak in h...
JOHN ADAMS A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still hav...
LYNDON B. JOHNSON The only difference between a man and god is that man knows nothing but pretends as if he knows ever...
ANURAAG I am but a message in a world full of messengers
NICHOLAS JOHNSON The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite.
KARL MARX Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
HENRY FIELDING Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Morality is always the product of terror; its chains and strait-waistcoats are fashioned by those wh...
ALDOUS HUXLEY Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their vi...
SUN TZU There's nothing an agnostic can't do if he doesn't know whether he believes in anything or not
MONTY PYTHON What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction ...
MAHATMA GANDHI True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, howev...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization m...
CHRISTINA ENGELA But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right...
ALAN BEAN If you're asking all this because of Wendell, forget it. Wendell has a few marbles missing when it c...
FRANCISCO X. STORK Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR The real funny thing is, whether the demons exist or not at all in your life, it's nothing to do whe...
TOBA BETA Man is everywhere in chains, and his chains will not be broken till he feels that it is degrading to...
G.D.H. COLE Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.
GIOVANNI RUFFINI Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains
GIOVANNI RUFFINI The workers have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to gain. Workers of the world, ...
KARL MARX Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.
HEARD IN ARKANSAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING: defined in such a way that WE ALL AGREE upon it's shared relevance and WHY WE WI...
HOMELESS IN FAIRFAX I relieve and release your hurt that you may be set free.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND What if I should fall right through the center of the earth... oh, and come out the other side, wher...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND People who suffer from migraine with aura can sometimes experience a phenomenon called the
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Mad Hatter: No wonder you're late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND I don't care much where ...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Doorknob: Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND We're all mad here.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Alice: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice Kingsley: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll te...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Walter: Marriage is hard enough without bringing such low expectations into it.
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE Alice falls down the rabbit hole and her dress poofs up like a parachute] Alice: Well, after this I ...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND I've probably gone as far as I can with that particular genre,
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE Sometimes, I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because ever...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING Lawyers have an old saying: If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If the law is on your si...
- LAWYERS (IN GENERAL...) Spin City.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND You mean you ca'n't take *less*. It's very easy to take *more* than nothing.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Gosh, you were so good. Maybe Bill (Clinton) could take a couple of days off, and you could fill in ...
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE I don't even know him...I'm harvesting all these fantasies about some man I've never even met...who ...
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE Sam Baldwin: [looking at a photograph] She looks like my third grade teacher, and I hated my third g...
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE [Montana wheat variety yield increases give Montana farmers more wheat to sell, but the situation re...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Definitions vary,In Government it depends on which agency you go to. They all get to re-invent their...
HOMELESS IN FAIRFAX A girl as small as a violet, a girl who moves like a flower petal – is pulling me toward her with ...
KIM IN YOOK You could write the best book in the world but if nobody knows about it, it is nothing
BRANDON REECE TAYLOR The virtue of seeing a doctor who knows you is, if you come in and say, 'I have a headache,' he or s...
CAROLYN CLANCY I hate to complain...No one is without difficulties, whether in high or low life, and every person k...
ABIGAIL ADAMS People, who have known a person for many days but could never spot or appreciate his hidden talent i...
ANUJ SOMANY We have absolutely no idea whether this is a maniac running around our neighborhood or whether it's ...
DEBRA SULLIVAN Hair style is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself.
HUBERT DE GIVENCHY We treated this like a regular-season game. Whether they did or not, who knows?
MARC BULGER “A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA “A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures, but in the simple joys.
JONATHAN LOCKWOOD HUIE We want to build on the successes of last year. We can't get caught up in resting on our laurels or ...
CHRIS SHAW Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.
GILBERT PARKER Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.
LAYNE STALEY It wasn't just my beast's hunger, but Jean-Claude's blood thirst and Richard's craving for flesh. It...
LAURELL K. HAMILTON

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WENDELL LAIDLEY I talked to [Roy] prior to that. We spoke cordially before the game. We make contact on the phone wi...
WENDELL BYRD It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numer...
WENDELL BERRY We played hard and we played good defense. We just didn't shoot well. People can preach team (play) ...
WENDELL JEFFRIES When a balance between Trinidad and island interests is being served, and the Caribbean is again spe...
WENDELL MOTTLEY Lovers must not, like usurers, live for themselves alone. They must finally turn from their gaze at ...
WENDELL BERRY No settled family or community has ever called its home place an “environment.” None has ever ca...
WENDELL BERRY The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.
WENDELL BERRY Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To b...
WENDELL BERRY ...the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing respo...
WENDELL BERRY We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has ...
WENDELL BERRY Until we understand what the land is, we are at odds with everything we touch. And to come to that u...
WENDELL BERRY We walked always in beauty, it seemed to me. We walked and looked about, or stood and looked. Someti...
WENDELL BERRY Sabbaths, 1982—IV  
(“A gardener rises out of the ground”)


Thrush song,...
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