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“The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.”

World War Ends Answers Support Willing Balance Favors War Of The Worlds World War Ii World War I Free Market Balance Of Power

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against children who become a little too independent, threatening the balance of the family system.”

“In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.”

People Giving May Littles Asks Balance One Day Credit Favors

Book:The Illustrated West with the Night

Source: The Illustrated West with the Night

“Striking a balance in favor of individual rights has always been the right decision for us and that it remains so even when technology gives us new ways to exercise those rights. Individual liberty has never weakened us; freedom of speech, enhanced by the Net, will only make us stronger.”

Way Giving Individual Decision Liberty Technology Rights Balance Exercise Speech Stronger Remains Favors Freedom Of Speech New Ways Right Decision Individual Liberty Individual Rights

Book:Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

Source: Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

“The media is tremendously important for all governments that are able to communicate through the it. It doesn't mean there is a balance of editorial opinion that favors what you are doing or that the opposition doesn't have its voice, but you have to be able to effectively communicate your story through the media.”

Mean Important Stories Government Able Voice Opinion Media Balance Communicate Favors Opposition Editorials

Author:Stephen Harper

“As to the Christian religion, besides the strong evidence which we have for it, there is a balance in its favor from the number of great men who have been convinced of its truth after a serious consideration of the question. Grotius was an acute man, a lawyer, a man accustomed to examine evidence, and he was convinced. Grotius was not a recluse, but a man of the world, who certainly had no bias on the side of religion. Sir Isaac Newton set out an infidel, and came to be a very firm believer.”

Source: Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales

“The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax.”

People Giving May Opportunity Balance Taxes Charity Be Good Favors Estates Dynasty Estate Taxes

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“What makes a free thinker is not his beliefs, but the way in which he holds them. If he holds them because his elders told him they were true when he was young, or if he holds them because if he did not he would be unhappy, his thought is not free; but if he holds them because, after careful thought, he finds a balance in their favor, then his thought is free, however odd his conclusions may seem.”

Ifs Way May Seems Would Be Young Belief Atheism Balance Careful Positive Atheism Favors Unhappy Conclusion Odd Thinker Elders Free Thinkers

Book:The Value of Free Thought: How to Become a Truth-seeker and Break the Chains of Mental Slavery

Source: The Value of Free Thought: How to Become a Truth-seeker and Break the Chains of Mental Slavery

“We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.”

Self Government Individual Freedom Greater Balance Favors Introducing Self Reliance Reliance Individual Freedom

Book:Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

“In any civilized society the most important task is achieving a proper balance between freedom and order. In wartime, reason and history both suggest that this balance shifts in favor... of the government's ability to deal with conditions that threaten the national well-being.”

Wells Important Reason Government Order Ability Deals Achieve Conditions Balance Tasks Favors Well Being Civilized Civilized Society Wartime

Author:William Rehnquist

“A strong brand is the only thing that can tip the balance of power between distributors and a manufacturer back into the manufacturer's favor.”

Strong Balance Favors Brands Distributors Balance Of Power

Author:David F. D'Alessandro

“Life is a series of highs and lows. The trick is to tip the balance in your favor by following your heart and taking some risks.”

Heart Life Is Risk Balance Lows Series Following Favors Tricks Follow Your Heart Highs And Lows

Author:John Avery

“The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth... an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.”

“It bothers them that instead of taking on the role of abandoned lover, I have become a happy wife. They relish seeing strong women like you and me humiliated. They cannot forgive us that we triumphed where so many others fail...Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is out of balance, in favor of men. That is why they work so hard to mistreat and destroy us.”

“There is a moment after death when things can go one of several ways, when souls can mingle and reunite-or be forever parted. Fate throws the bones, and hearts are mended, or shattered. What tips the balance in one's favor? Is it Mercy, or Grace, or Justice-the names of the three brightest angels? Or is it Love, the name of the One True Being?”

Way Heart Soul Moments Three Names Justice Forever Grace Fate Balance Angel Mercy Bones Favors After Death Shattered

Book:Wicked: Resurrection

Source: Wicked: Resurrection