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• The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.

  Gerrit Smith

  Respect, Rights, Hands

  Gerrit Smith (1856). “Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress”, p.18

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• I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

  Antonio Tabucchi

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• In 1976 I wrote a lot about women trying to claim the right to work.

  Cathy Guisewite

  Trying

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• What is buried in the past of one generation falls to the next to claim.

  Susan Griffin

  Fall, Past, Generations

  Susan Griffin (2015). “A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War”, p.123, Open Road Media

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• I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

  Piers Anthony

  Elements, Want, Guilty

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• So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and thinking were concerned, I might claim to have lived in the time of the American Revolution.

  Simon Newcomb

  Thinking, Might, Revolution

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another.

  Richard Perle

  Rights, Community, Citizens

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.192, Random House

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• A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he cares for his household, he is not a good citizen unless he also takes thought of the state. In the same way, a great nation must think of its own internal affairs; and yet it cannot substantiate its claim to be a great nation unless it also thinks of its position in the world at large.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Thinking, Citizens

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• No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

  C. S. Lewis

  Art, Philosophy, Self

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• I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.

  Willie Aames

  Inspirational, Years, People

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• Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

  Aristotle

  Witty, Equality, Men

  Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.160, Aristotle

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• What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

  Roland Barthes

  Sarcastic, Time, Truth

  Roland Barthes (1973). “Mythologies”

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• Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Offended You, Views, Giving

  "The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Democrats". Book by Martin Higgins, p. 93, 2006.

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• I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up.

  Karel Capek

  Theft, Forbidden, Prove

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• Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

  Annette Funicello

  Fame, Mickey, Mice

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• The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Country, Moon, Use

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.487, Best Books on

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• The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.

  Chief Joseph

  Lying, Men, White Man

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• Why don't the names of Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius offend people? The reason is that these others didn't claim to be God, but Jesus did.

  Josh McDowell

  Jesus, Names, People

  "More than a carpenter". Book by Josh McDowell (p. 10), 1977.

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• Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

  Kwame Nkrumah

  People

  Kwame Nkrumah (1957). “Autobiography”, Nelson

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• Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Voice, Retail, Stores

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• I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to.

  Shakira

  Women, Stupid, Intelligent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

  David Cameron

  Jobs, Benefits, Tough

  "David Cameron claims welfare reform will save in the long run" by Paul Owen, www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2010.

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• Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Time, Loss, Lost Friendship

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• Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.

  Christopher Lasch

  Understanding, Conservative, Modern

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• That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Nature, Men, Humanity

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook D 58, 1799.

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