The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
Leo Tolstoy
Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction.
Claire Tomalin
I've behaved badly in my life. I hope I haven't behaved as badly as Dickens! In a way, if you're a woman, you're not in a position to... →
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think... →
Clyde Tombaugh
I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the... →
The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the... →
Jeffrey Toobin
Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate... →
Robert Toombs
Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this... →
We had a large common domain, already added by the several States for the common benefit of all; purchase and war might make large additions to this... →
I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it's not clear to me that it's a vital and... →
Pat Toomey