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• Where the principle of difference [between political parties] is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans and the monocrats of our country, I hold it as honorable to take a firm and decided part and as immoral to pursue a middle line, as between the parties of honest men and rogues, into which every country is divided.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Party, Men

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• The story of this man who had killed a messenger and hanged himself would make interesting reading. One could almost write a whole chapter on him. Perhaps not a whole chapter but a resonable paragraph, at any rate. There was so much else to include, and one must be firm in cutting out details. He had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: `The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.'

  Chinua Achebe

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Things Fall Apart ch. 1 (1958)

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• Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults. More importantly, it reflects the firm belief that young persons are more susceptible to change, and thus have a greater potential for rehabilitation than adults.

  Mary Robinson

  Immaturity, Adults, Benefits

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• In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly possess nuclear arms, or those planning to acquire them- agree to change their course by clear and firm decision and strive for a progressive and concerted nuclear disarmament. The resources which would be saved could then be employed in projects of development capable of benefiting all their people, especially the poor.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Religious, War, Nuclear Disarmament

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• I am a firm believer that you don't achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand

  Greg Louganis

  Greatness, Hands, Achieve

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• When a man is just and firm in his purpose,
  The citizens burning to approve a wrong
  Or the frowning looks of a tyrant
  Do not shake his fixed mind, nor the Southwind.
  Wild lord of the uneasy Adriatic,
  Nor the thunder in the mighty hand of Jove:
  Should the heavens crack and tumble down,
  As the ruins crushed him he would not fear.

  Horace

  Men, Hands, Tyrants

  Horace, Joseph P. Clancy (1960). “Odes and Epodes”, p.108, University of Chicago Press

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• I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see Him face to face, restraint in diet both as to quantity and quality is as essential as restraint in thought and speech.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Food, Quality, Essentials

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.21, A&C Black

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• Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Weakness, Audacious, Timidity

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• Who is so firm that can't be seduced?

  William Shakespeare

  Resolution, Solutions

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English”, p.6820, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.

  Marya Mannes

  Daughter, Orchids, Ribbons

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• But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love. A fine constitution doesn't insure one against small-pox or any other of those inevitable diseases. A man may be very firm in other matters, and yet be under a sort of witchery from a woman.

  George Eliot

  Love, Character, Men

  George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot Collection: Middlemarch, Adam Bede, Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, and The Mill on the Floss”, p.164, Xist Publishing

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• Whenever a great physician treats diseases, he has to be mentally calm and his disposition firm. He should not give way to wishes and desires, but has to develop first a marked attitude of compassion. He should commit himself firmly to the willingness to take the effort to save every living creature.

  Sun Simiao

  Attitude, Compassion, Giving

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• Have the moral courage to stand firm in obeying God’s will, even if you have to stand alone.

  Ulisses Soares

  Obeying God, Moral, Stand Alone

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• Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ-just like the Master-will be firm in the truth.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Kindness, Followers, Christ

  FaceBook post by Dallin H Oaks from Oct 04, 2014

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• He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Doe, Tiptoes

  Laozi (1997). “Tao Te Ching”, p.25, Wordsworth Editions

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• A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Giving, First Impression, Firsts

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.

  W. H. Auden

  Art, Winning, Drunk

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• In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.

  Andy Rooney

  Learning, Errors, Trial And Error

  Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.146, PublicAffairs

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• The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Government, Justice, Pity

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 4 April 1913

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• A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.

  George Santayana

  Character, Greatness, Men

  George Santayana (2014). “Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion”, p.19, The Floating Press

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• It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

  Sophocles

  Men, Law, People

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• The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds.

  Jeremy Rifkin

  Law, Creating, United States

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• I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how to write.

  Derek Bok

  Writing, College, Thinking

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• Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference.

  Yitzhak Rabin

  Country, Strong, Reality

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• I wish you would stop and seriously consider, as a broad and long-term feminist political strategy, the conversion of women to a woman-identified and woman-directed sexuality and eroticism, as a way of breaking the grip of men on women's minds and women's bodies, of removing women from the chronic attachment to the primary situations of sexual and physical violence that is rained upon women by men, and as a way of promoting women's firm and reliable bonding against oppression. . . .

  Marilyn Frye

  Men, Long, Political

  Marilyn Frye (1992). “Willful virgin: essays in feminism, 1976-1992”, Crossing Pr

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