Moderates Quotes - Page 11

• I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

  George McGovern

  Justice, Fighter, Peace And Justice

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• One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought.

  David Miliband

  Country, Islamic, Two

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

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• I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Men, World, Merit

  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Isobel Grundy (1997). “Selected letters”, Penguin Group USA

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• I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

  Elon Musk

  Independent, Republican, Democratic

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

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• There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Islam

  "Turkey’s PM Erdogan: The Term 'Moderate Islam' Is Ugly and Offensive — Islam Is Islam". MEMRI Blog, www.jihadwatch.org. September 02, 2007.

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• Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of those absurdities dear to moderate-minded 'reasonable' men. Armament itself is making war. Making a gun, pointing a gun, and firing it are all acts of the same order. It should be illegal to construct anywhere upon earth any mechanism for the specific purpose of killing men. When you see a gun it is reasonable to ask: 'Whom is that intended to kill?'

  H. G. Wells

  War, Gun, Men

  H. G. Wells (2007). “The New World Order”, p.114, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Faith, Country, Countries Of The World

  "This week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. September 12, 2010.

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• There was no let-up. The tempo was always moderate but steady. If a new guy decided to pick up the pace, that's where it stayed, whether he finished with the group or not. You showed off at your peril.

  John L. Parker Jr.

  Running, Guy, Groups

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• Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

  William Greider

  Retirement, People, Income

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• Obama and the Democrats are not focused on the moderates. They're focused on getting their base out, and they're trying to expand that base by forming sympathetic, empathetic alliances with the downtrodden, and there are a lot of downtrodden because Obama has made them that way via his policies.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Trying, Alliances, Way

  "The Emotional Poll Roller Coaster". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. September 24, 2012.

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• Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Hands, Weight, Bears

  'Imaginary Conversations' 'Archdeacon Hare and Walter Landor' in 'The Last Fruit off an Old Tree' (1853)

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• Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.

  Samuel Smiles

  Time, Accomplish, Persons

  Samuel Smiles (1868). “Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance by Samuel Smiles”, p.225

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• Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in water, so in war, it is difficult for normal efforts to achieve even moderate results.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Knowledge, Learning

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.120, Princeton University Press

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• Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice. Be honorable so that you may never voluntarily bring disgrace upon anyone. Be chaste so that you may avoid all the foulness of lust like the pangs of death.

  Stephen I of Hungary

  Humble, Justice, Catholic

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• Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots.

  Barney Frank

  Ties, Republican, Knots

  "Will the Moderates Speak Up?" by Dionne, E. J., www.washingtonpost.com. November 16, 2004.

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• As a result of that, America desires a moderate Islam; an Islam that America can control; an Islam that America can give direction to and give orders to its leaders.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Order, America, Giving

  "Exclusive Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Pt. 2". The Final Call Interview, www.finalcall.com. January 27, 2004.

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• I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well, and I think it has an effect on me.

  Mel Gibson

  Exercise, Thinking, Trying

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• Moderates want their faith respected. They don't want faith itself criticized, and yet faith itself is what is bringing us all this - this lunacy.

  Sam Harris

  Want, Lunacy

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• I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, People, Political

  Dick Cheney, Richard B. Cheney, Liz Cheney (2012). “In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir”, p.264, Simon and Schuster

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• A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Being Strong, Nature, Character

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.

  Charles Kennedy

  Essentials, Cigarette, Accepting

  "The New Statesman Interview - Charles Kennedy". Interview with Jackie Ashley, www.newstatesman.com. Januray 29, 2011.

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• Latinos are just like everybody else. There are conservatives. There are moderates. There are liberals.

  Geraldo Rivera

  Latino

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• He who lives with his senses well controlled, moderate in his food and drink, he will not be overthrown, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.

  Gautama Buddha

  Healing, Wind, Mountain

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• It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.

  Pliny the Younger

  Art, Skills, Perfection

  Pliny (the Younger) (1807). “The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks”, p.195

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• It is not every man who can be a Christian, even in a very moderate sense, whatever education you give him. It is a matter of constitution and temperament, after all. He may have to be born again many times. I have known many a man who pretended to be a Christian, in whom it was ridiculous, for he had no genius for it. It is not every man who can be a free man, even.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Christian, Freedom, Men

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

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