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“Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration.”

Powerful Doubt Subjects Effects Mines Periods Discovery Gold No Doubt Silver Duration Fluctuation Gold And Silver

Book:The Works of David Ricardo ...

Source: The Works of David Ricardo ...

“As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world.”

World Force Doubt Members Benefits Training Advantage No Doubt Temperance Armed Forces

Author:William Lyon Mackenzie King

“I have no doubt that aggressively going after wrongdoing can result in real improvement. Fewer wrongdoers in city government means more honest employees; it means better city services; it means more efficient government. And punishing wrongdoing can have a strong ripple effect that deters others from going down the wrong path.”

Mean Real Government Strong Results Cities Path Doubt Effects Honest Improvement No Doubt Employee Fewer Efficient Aggression Ripple Wrongdoing Wrong Path Ripple Effect City Government

Author:David Hoffman

“Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservation, greater energy efficiency, and they also, of course, play a useful role on the supply side.”

Wells Play Facts Courses Energy Sides Roles Doubt Greater Higher No Doubt Efficiency Conservation Energy Efficiency

Author:John W. Snow

“No doubt, in complete abstraction one has a feeling of a great shock, if not an explosion, and in approaching the real, one feels health and truth restored.”

Ifs Feels Real Feelings Doubt No Doubt Shock Abstraction Explosions Real Ones

Author:Jean Helion

“I am really excited about Battle of the Stars, the line-up looks fantastic. I've no doubt that despite their fame my hand holding will still be in high demand as they take on the judges often harsh words. Lets just hope I'm not having to mop up too many tears!”

Looks Stills Hands Stars Lines Doubt Tears Judging Battle Fame Demand Excited Despite Fantastic No Doubt Harsh Hand Holding Harsh Words

Author:Kate Thornton

“There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us.”

Giving Desire Doubt Grace Humility Worthy Gods Will No Doubt Possessing

Author:Ignatius of Loyola

“The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of time, no eating, no talking, no walking, no working and not doing anything at all, realizing that the Self is action-less.”

Self States Action Realizing Talking Doubt Meditation Walking Ego Eating Highest Notion No Doubt Samadhi

Author:Dharma Mittra

“He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral.”

People Beauty Doubt Ran No Doubt Immoral Health Beauty

Author:John Galsworthy

“No doubt, love comes in many colors of the rainbow.”

Love Doubt Color No Doubt Rainbow Colors Of The Rainbow

Author:Jon Jones

“I lost a lot of territory I really enjoyed having, but there was no doubt I had to do it to help Democrats.”

Helping Lost Doubt Democrat Enjoyed No Doubt Territory

Author:Albert Wynn

“I can also tell in whose hands I am. Do these hands tremble? There can be no doubt: these are the hands of a military officer. Is it a firm pulse? I say without vacillating: these are the hands of a liberator.”

I Can Hands Doubt Military Firm Revolutionary No Doubt Officers Pulse Liberators

Book:Dreams of Freedom

Source: Dreams of Freedom

“In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate the Egyptians' scientific interest in pure mathematics for its own sake. I have now no doubt that Professor Karpinski is right, for the evidence of interest in pure science, as such, is perfectly conclusive in the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus.”

Long Interest Doubt Fields Pure Evidence Mathematics University Sake Mathematical No Doubt Professors Surviving Michigan Egyptian University Of Michigan Papyrus

Author:James Henry Breasted

“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then it depends much more on execution for its effect.”

Made Effort Principles Doubt Effects Style Depends Genius Architecture Greek No Doubt Infinity Execution Gothic Gothic Architecture

Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Generally, I think America is America. America has been through suffering like other countries, but America will come up. I have no doubt. It's just going to bounce. You know, you have ups and downs.”

Thinking Knows Has Beens Country America Suffering Doubt Come Up No Doubt Other Countries Ups & Downs Bounce

Author:Ivana Trump

“All ages before ours believed in gods in some form or other. Only an unparalleled impoverishment in symbolism could enable us to rediscover the gods as psychic factors, which is to say, as archetypes of the unconscious. No doubt this discovery is hardly credible as yet.”

Age Form Doubt Discovery Factors No Doubt Unconscious Psychics Symbolism Credible Memories Dreams Reflections Archetype

Author:Carl Jung

“I love to read the dedications of old books written in monarchies for they invariably honor some (usually insignificant) knight or duke with fulsome words of sycophantic insincerity, praising him as the light of the universe (in hopes, no doubt, for a few ducats to support future work); this old practice makes me feel like such an honest and upright man, by comparison, when I put a positive spin, perhaps ever so slightly exaggerated, on a grant proposal.”

“The classical argument for why a supposedly decent and moral creature like Homo sapiens can mistreat and even extirpate other species rests upon an extreme position in a continuum. The Cartesian tradition, formulated explicitly in the seventeenth century, but developed in "folk" and other versions throughout human history no doubt, holds that other animals are little more than unfeeling machines, with only humans enjoying "consciousness," however defined.”

“There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that even when it touches humble and lowly matters, it still incomparably exceeds the uncertainty and falsehood in which great and elevated discourses are clothed; because even if falsehood be the fifth element of our minds, notwithstanding this, truth is the supreme nourishment of the higher intellects.”

Source: Thoughts on art and life

“There are some good things and some fantastic ones in Auden's early attitude; if the reader calls it a muddle I shall acquiesce, with the remark that the later position might be considered a more rarefied muddle. But poets rather specialize in muddles and I have no doubt which of the muddles was better for Auden's poetry: one was fertile and usable, the other decidedly is not. Auden sometimes seems to be saying with Henry Clay, "I had rather be right than poetry"; but I am not sure, then, that he is either.”

Ifs Sometimes Seems Might Attitude Doubt Position Poet Reader Good Things Fantastic Not Sure No Doubt Clay Remarks Fertile Muddle Auden

Author:Randall Jarrell

“There is needed, no doubt, a body of servants (ministerium) of the invisible church, but not officials (officiales), in other words, teachers but not dignitaries, because in the rational religion of every individual there does not yet exist a church as a universal union (omnitudo collectiva).”

Doe Body Individual Church Doubt Teacher Needed Universal Unions Invisible Rational Servant Officials No Doubt

Author:Immanuel Kant

“The two-thirds rule of the Senate, which can be changed only by constitutional amendment, will no doubt continue for a long time to come. Like monogamy, it is not completely satisfactory, but, like monogamy, it has won general if somewhat grudging acquiescence.”

Ifs Long Two Doubt Changed Long Time Thirds No Doubt Senate Amendments Monogamy Acquiescence Constitutional Amendments

Author:Thomas A. Bailey

“We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God, for His Majesty bears so tender an affection for us that I cannot doubt He will repay our love for others by augmenting, and in a thousand different ways, that which we bear for Him.”

Thinking Knows Way May Different Reason Strong Doubt Bears Thousand Charity Affection Neighbor God Love Different Ways No Doubt Proportion Our Love Majesty Fraternal

Author:Teresa of Avila

“Allah isgreat, no doubt, and Juxtaposition his prophet.”

Doubt Prophet No Doubt Juxtaposition

Author:Arthur Hugh Clough

“The point is, there are some things worth dying for. There's no doubt about that. And I would die for my family. I would die for my freedom. I would die for my country.”

Country Dies Doubt Dying My Family No Doubt Things Worth Dying For

Author:Rick Warren

“There's no doubt in my mind that Ronald Reagan was by far the greatest. Because he had real principles and he stuck by them. He made clear what he was going to do, and he did it. He didn't back down.”

Mind Made Real Principles Clear Doubt Stuck No Doubt

Author:Milton Friedman

“There's no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment.”

Ifs Needs Moments Three Levels Doubt No Doubt Get Back Strengthening Squad

Author:Steven Gerrard

“I want evangelicals to be known not for what they're against, but what they're for. Yes, there are some things that I believe are flat out wrong. There is no doubt about it, and I'm not wishy-washy about it. But my agenda is bigger than simply those issues. My agenda is to be as big as the agenda of Jesus.”

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Author:Rick Warren

“I am glad to welcome my friend Rand Paul into the 2016 GOP primary. Rand is a good friend, and we have worked side by side on many issues. I respect his talent, his passion, and the work he has done for Kentuckians and Americans in the U.S. Senate. His entry into the race will no doubt raise the bar of competition, help make us all stronger, and ultimately ensure that the GOP nominee is equipped to beat Hillary Clinton and to take back the White House for Republicans in 2016.”

“I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.”

May Careers Doubt Brilliant No Doubt Brian

Author:Garik Israelian

“There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition.”

Doubt Tradition No Doubt Testament Old Testament Archaeology

Author:William F. Albright

“I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.”

Thinking Years Three Next Doubt Four Fronts Tough Europe Difficulty No Doubt Four Years Preparing Tough Times Stagnation

Author:Carlos Ghosn

“Since Don Quixote de la Mancha is a crazy fool and a madman, and since Sancho Panza, his squire, knows it, yet, for all that, serves and follows him, and hangs on these empty promises of his, there can be no doubt that he is more of a madman and a fool than his master.”

Knows Doubt Crazy Masters Fool Promise Empty No Doubt Madmen Squires Empty Promises

Book:The adventures of Don Quixote

Source: The adventures of Don Quixote

“No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture; but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm in political polemics; it grows less and less so.”

May Political Grows Causes Sides Support Doubt Modern Arms Devil Scripture No Doubt Modern History Polemics

Book:The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses

Source: The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses

“It is impossible to decide whether a particular detail of the Pythagorean universe was the work of the master, or filled in by a pupil a remark which equally applies to Leonardo or Michelangelo . But there can be no doubt that the basic features were conceived by a single mind; that Pythagoras of Samos was both the founder of a new religious philosophy, and the founder of Science, as the word is understood today.”

Source: The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

“Though thousands of people indulge themselves in it regularly, and even develop a taste for it, there is no doubt in my mind (and that of scientists whom I employ to prove it) that Work is a dangerous and destructive drug, and should be called by its right name, which is Fatigue.”

People Should Mind Names Work Doubt Dangerous Taste Drug Prove Scientist No Doubt Destructive Fatigue Indulge Prove It

Book:The papers of Samuel Marchbanks

Source: The papers of Samuel Marchbanks

“There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a volume as Who Really Ought To Be Who his entry would require several pages.”

Ifs Age Spirit Choices Doubt Masters Ought Pages No Doubt Volume Entry

Book:The papers of Samuel Marchbanks

Source: The papers of Samuel Marchbanks

“There's no doubt that I really have a feeling for the theater. These past few days it has occurred to me to do a comedy whose chief characters are photographic enlargements. Those people we see in doorways. Newlyweds, sergeants, dead girls, an anonymous crowd full of mustaches and wrinkles. It should be terrible. If I focus it well, it will possess pathos without consolation. In the midst of those people I will place an authentic fairy.”

“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.”

Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

“Reversal by a higher court is not proof that justice is thereby better done. There is no doubt that if there were a super-Supreme Court, a substantial proportion of our reversals of state courts would also be reversed. We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.”

Ifs States Done Justice Doubt Higher Court Finals Proof Supreme No Doubt Proportion Supreme Court Infallible Reversal

Author:Robert H. Jackson

“The Seal, she lounges like a bride,Much too docile, there's no doubt;Madame Récamier, on side,(if such she has), and bottom out.”

Ifs Sides Doubt Bottom No Doubt Brides Seals Docile

Book:Collected Poems: With Notes Toward the Memoirs

Source: Collected Poems: With Notes Toward the Memoirs

“There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.”

Doubt Produce Weapons No Doubt Capability Saddam Hussein Biological Weapons

Author:Colin Powell

“Selfishness of the stable or rigid sort is as a rule more bitterly resented than the more fickle variety, chiefly, no doubt, because, having more continuity and purpose, it is more formidable.”

Purpose Doubt Variety Selfishness No Doubt Stable Continuity Formidable Fickle

Book:Human Nature and the Social Order

Source: Human Nature and the Social Order

“The relations between parents and children are certainly not only those of constraint. There is spontaneous mutual affection, which from the first prompts the child to acts of generosity and even of self-sacrifice, to very touching demonstrations which are in no way prescribed. And here no doubt is the starting point for that morality of good which we shall see developing alongside of the morality of right or duty, and which in some persons completely replaces it.”

Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child

“Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience is a very important factor in shaping the men's behavior. In fact, it is probable that the men are more exhibitionistic because the women admire their performances. Conversely, there can be no doubt that the spectacular behavior is a stimulus which summons the audience together, promoting in the women the appropriate behavior.”

“The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked away barriers to opportunity and laid the foundation for a better future. Our people -- with all their drive and ingenuity -- always end up building the rest. And if we can do that again -- if we can continue building that foundation and making those hard decisions on behalf of the next generation -- I have no doubt that we will leave our children the America that we all hope for.”

“I find it expressed in various passages of Scripture that the fact that God knows things while in a state of possibility, when their existence belongs to the future, does not change the nature of the possible in any way; that nature remains unchanged; and the knowledge of the realisation of one of several possibilities does not yet effect that realisation. This is likewise one of the fundamental principles of the Law of Moses concerning which there is no doubt nor any dispute.”

“Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.”

Men Doubt Fashion No Doubt

Book:Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels: The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds…

Source: Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels: The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds…

“A bull in a china shop is not a useful animal, nor is he ornamental, but there can be no doubt of his energy. The hare was full of energy, but he didn't win the race. The man who stands still is the man who keeps his ground.”

Men Stills Winning Energy Animal Race Doubt He Man China No Doubt Shops Bulls Hares

Book:Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...

Source: Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...

“Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, and as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend capitalism. But capitalism can't be transcended from with capitalism itself, but through socialism, true socialism, with equality and justice. I'm also convinced that it is possible to do it under democracy, but not in the type of democracy being imposed by Washington.”

Mind Said Done Justice Democracy Doubt Type Capitalism Everyday Convinced Socialism No Doubt Can Not Equality And Justice

Author:Hugo Chavez