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• He who retains unchangeable in his heart the rule of the truth which he received by means of baptism will doubtless recognise the names, the expressions, and the parables taken from the Scriptures [by the gnostics], but will by no means acknowledge the blasphemous use which these men make of them.

  Irenaeus of Lyons

  Taken, Mean, Heart

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• I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them.

  George Washington

  Christian, Believe, Omnipotence

  George Washington (1837). “Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.403

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• The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.

  Mirabeau B. Lamar

  Education, Money, Men

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• I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.

  Harold Pinter

  Respect, Mean, Ifs

  Harold Pinter (1993). “Party Time ; And, The New World Order: Two Plays”, p.28, Grove Press

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• No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and a little space of calm from which to look back upon it, who did not know and acknowledge that it was what he had done unselfishly and for others, and nothing else, that satisfied him in the retrospect, and made him feel that he had played the man.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Love, Thoughtful, Men

  Woodrow Wilson (1915). “When a man comes to himself”, p.12, Рипол Классик

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• The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Funny, Real, Humorous

  Kurt Vonnegut (2012). “Kurt Vonnegut: Letters”, p.1964, Random House

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• The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a fig and a spade a spade. He should yield to neither hatred nor affection, not should be unsparing and unpitying. He should be neither shy nor deprecating, but an impartial judge, giving each side all it deserves but no more. He should know in his writing no country and no city; he should bow to no authority and acknowledge no king. He should never consider what this or that man will think, but should state the facts as they really occurred.

  Lucian

  Country, Kings, Integrity

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• We are so far from knowing all the forces of nature and their various modes of action that it would be unworthy of the philosopher to deny phenomena simply because they are inexplicable at the present state of our knowledge. The more difficult it is to acknowledge their existence, the greater the care with which we must study these phenomena.

  Pierre-Simon Laplace

  Philosophical, Knowing, Would Be

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• must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.

  Thomas Reid

  Thinking, Psychology, Ethics

  Thomas Reid (1827). “Essays on the powers of the human mind: An essay on quantity. An analysis of Aristotl's logic”, p.441

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• I come, O Lord, unto Thy sanctuary to see the life and food of my soul. As I hope in Thee, O Lord, inspire me with that confidence which brings me to Thy holy mountain. Permit me, Divine Jesus, to come closer to Thee, that my whole soul may do homage to the greatness of Thy majesty; that my heart, with its tenderest affections, may acknowledge Thine infinite love; that my memory may dwell on the admirable mysteries here renewed every day, and that the sacrifice of my whole being may accompany Thine.

  Clare of Assisi

  Jesus, Memories, Heart

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• Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

  Juan Manuel Santos

  War, Drug, Today

  "Guatemalan President Praises Colorado and Washington for Marijuana Legalization at UN Speech" By Daniel Robelo, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• We acknowledge-now with President Obama-that we have made mistakes in the United States, and we along with other developed countries have contributed most significantly to the problem we face with climate change.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Mistake, President

  "Clinton Defends U.S. Demands for Anti-Terror Help", www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2009.

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• I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.

  Alan Greenspan

  War, Oil, Iraq

  Alan Greenspan (2008). “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World”, p.644, Penguin UK

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• Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies, programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their futures and ours.

  Ban Ki-moon

  People, Effort, Decision

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• You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.

  Zig Ziglar

  Responsibility, Fighting, Effectiveness

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.191, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence in solitary confinement. The ordinary world of work is closed to him - and that if he's lucky!

  Peter Straub

  Writing, Ordinary World, Lucky

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• The intensive use of photographs by mass media lays ever fresh responsibilities upon the photographer. We have to acknowledge the existence of a chasm between the economic needs of our consumer society and the requirements of those who bear witness to this epoch. This affects us all, particularly the younger generations of photographers. We must take greater care than ever not to allow ourselves to be separated from the real world and from humanity.

  Henri Cartier-Bresson

  Photography, Real, Responsibility

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• Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential superlative curves and lines. Light I acknowledge as the energy upon which all life on this planet depends.

  Ruth Bernhard

  Photography, Inspiration, Curves

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• Humanity cannot afford to acknowledge all of the blood that it spills and the destruction it inflicts on the world in its effort to perpetuate itself. Desacralization is a process that allows us to sever any relationship we might feel to other living things. By draining the aliveness out of things, we can pretend that our control and manipulation are of little consequence. Man the trapper becomes man the taxidermist, disemboweling nature of its spontaneity and movement, and stuffing it with a leaden inanimateness.

  Jeremy Rifkin

  Animal, Men, Blood

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• I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago.

  Jeremy Paxman

  Issues, Long Ago, People

  "Paxman accuses BBC of hypocrisy over environment" by Jason Deans, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2007.

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• What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to acknowledge the hard science, irrefutable science, of climate change. The president, while readily accepting the facts, has done far too little to alter them. How long are we, are you, prepared to wait?

  David Remnick

  Long, Waiting, President

  David Remnick's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 11, 2014.

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• The Church therefore has one inescapable task: To lift up Christ. When she seeks to lift herself up she becomes weak, but when she acknowledges her own weakness and proclaims her Lord, she is strong.

  Avery Dulles

  Faith, Strong, Inspiration

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• Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge that there are also scars which mark the surface of our earth: erosion, deforestation, the squandering of the world’s mineral and ocean resources in order to fuel an insatiable consumption.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Ocean, Order, Erosion

  Pope Benedict XVI's address during The XXIII World Youth Day in Sydney Harbour, Australia, w2.vatican.va. July 17, 2008.

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• Those who look at the surface of the sea must behold the birth and death of the waves, but those who seek the depths of the ocean behold one indivisible mass of water. Similarly, those who acknowledge "life" and "death" are tossed by sorrow, while those who live in the illimitable superconsciousness behold and feel the One Ineffable Bliss.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Death, Ocean, Sea

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• The truly creative individual stands ready to abandon old habits and to acknowledge that life, particularly his own unique life, is rich with possibilities.

  Frank Baron

  Success, Unique, Old Habits

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