"Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is."
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"People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude."
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"To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay."
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"None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear."
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"Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market."
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"Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence"
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"The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene."
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"Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning."
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"None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself."
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"I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get repeated publicity."
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"Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right."
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"But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts."
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"It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money."
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"Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making."
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"Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift."
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"There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers."
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"Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do."
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"The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims."
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"I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value."
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"It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive."
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