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“It appears to be among the laws of nature, that the mighty of intellect should be pursued and carped by the little, as the solitary flight of one great bird is followed by the twittering petulance of many smaller.”

Should Littles Law Greatness Bird Intellect Flight Solitary Laws Of Nature Pursued Petulance

Book:Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

Source: Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

“I want you to know that this administration is motivated by a political philosophy that sees the greatness of America in you, her people, and in your families, churches, neighborhoods, communities - the institutions that foster and nourish values like concern for others and respect for the rule of law under God.”

“For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.”

Ifs Want Trying Persons Bigs Law Games Numbers Achieve Greatness Significance Links Achieve Greatness

Book:Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)

Source: Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)

“Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature.”

Law Universe Individual Grows Greatness Creatures Strive Strife Extremity

Book:Representative Men: Seven Lectures

Source: Representative Men: Seven Lectures

“The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign invaders ... to settle disputes among men according to objective laws ... The greatness of the Founding Fathers was how well they understood this issue and how close some of them came to understanding it perfectly.”

“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws, and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples, dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and the souls.”

“It is a law of our humanity, that man must know both good and evil; he must know good through evil. There never was a principle but what triumphed through much evil; no man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.”

Knows Men Law Humanity Evil Mistake Principles Greatness Goodness Great Mistakes

Author:Frederick William Robertson

“Greatness breaks laws.”

Law Break Greatness

Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

“True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.”

Has Beens Law Simple Mankind Greatness Willing Ready Simplicity True Greatness

Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects

Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects

“The greatness of nations is shown by their strict regard for human rights, rigid enforcement of the law without bias, and just administration of the affairs of life.”

Humans Law Nations Rights Greatness Regard Affair Human Rights Administration Bias Strict Enforcement

Author:Mary Burnett Talbert