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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 always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

  Harold Ramis

  Directors, Done, Percent

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• Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

  John Churton Collins

  Attitude, Favors, Live By

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• An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something.

  Benoit Mandelbrot

  Arrogance, Firsts, Extraordinary

  "A Theory of Roughness". Interview with John Brockman, www.edge.org. December 20, 2004.

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• This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Effort, Java, May

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

  Frank Zappa

  Block, Stupid, Humor

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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• There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational Sports

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• We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.

  Franz von Papen

  Party, Aggravation, Soul

  "Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression". Office of the United States Chief of Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality publication, Volume 6, p. 3,

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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