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Letter "I" » intention
«Every individual...generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.»
Author: Adam Smith
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directing, domestic, intends, intention, invisible hand, preferring, promote, promoting, public interest, The Public Interest
«It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.»
Author: Ansel Adams
(Photographer)
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intention, intuitive, natural world, observations, spectators
«It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and playful in intention.»
Author: Brendan Gill
(Author, Critic, Journalist)
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A level, intention, playful, scale, The New Yorker, topical
«It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married»
«Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.»
«In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
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War
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first cause, intention, Just Cause, Just War, rightful, secondly, sovereign, sovereigns, The Authority, thirdly
«If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable. If their intention was to deter us from our mission of promoting peace and security in the Middle East, they will fail utterly.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(President)
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accountable, cowardly, despicable, deter, deterred, deterring, intention, Middle East, Mission of, promoting, The Middle East, This Was
«Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.»
«A good intention clothes itself with power»
«A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.»
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