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Commoner Quotes (page 10)

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans. Barbara Jordan
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life. Lyndon B. Johnson
President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress. Valerie Jarrett
America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal. Ernest Istook
Robert Green Ingersoll quote: "It is a thousand times better to have common sense without..."
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. Robert Green Ingersoll
Emily Greene Balch quote: "Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they..."
Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common. Emily Greene Balch
It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it. Archibald Alexander
A moment before I had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved - the cloth laying for me in the dining room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind, hunted, houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows. Robert Louis Stevenson
A British traveler remarked, 'There are [fashions in Guatemala] which it would require more than common charity to speak of with respect...'" FILL IN YOUR OWN GRIPES! ;-) Paul Theroux
Noel Coward quote: "Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both..."
Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build. Noel Coward
(W)hen a load is too heavy for one horse to pull, what do we do? Hitch another to it, don't we? That's just common sense. Well, son, things that sort of weigh on a man's mind and heart may be too heavy for him to make much headway with alone. Kate Seredy
For the fact is thatneither the grammarian nor any other person of skill ever makes a mistakein so far as he is what his name implies; they none of them err unlesstheir skill fails them, and then they cease to be skilled artists. Noartist or sage or ruler errs at the time when he is what his name implies; though he is commonly said to err. Plato
brings domesticity and common sense, and that propriety which every man loves, directly into this hurly-burly, and makes every bully ashamed. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robertson Davies quote: "My position was a common one; I wanted to do the right thing..."
My position was a common one; I wanted to do the right thing but could not help regretting the damnable expense. Robertson Davies
It is important to graps that boredom is one of the most common - and undesirable - consequences of 'unicameralism'. Boredom is a feeling of being 'dead inside'; that is to say, loss of contact with our instincts and feelings. Colin Wilson

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