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Letter "P" » pretenses
«Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. the supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States.»
Author: Noah Webster
(Man of letter)
| Keywords:
armed, Armed force, armed forces, bands, be on, Body of, constitute, disarmed, enforce, force of law, in the United States, pretense, pretenses, raised, regular, Supreme Power, The Sword, troops, United Kingdom, unjust
«If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.»
Author: William A. Sunday
| About:
Hell
| Keywords:
false pretenses, no Hell, obtaining, preachers, pretenses
«Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.»
«Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
pretense, pretenses, reluctance, whitewashed, whitewashing
«I will never again go to people under false pretenses even if it is to give them the Holy Bible. I will never again sell anything, even if I have to starve. I am going home now and I will sit down and really write about people.»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
| Keywords:
false pretenses, Going Home, Holy Bible, pretenses, sit down, starve, The Holy Bible, write about
«Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretenses to foretell events»
«A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
| Keywords:
bizarre, fraught, greeting, greetings, implication, implications, innuendo, innuendoes, loaded, niceties, nicety, pervade, pervaded, pervades, pretense, pretenses, response, sensation, sterile, withdrawal
«He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense»
«I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
Americans, American government, Care of, labors, predict, predicting, Predicts, pretense, pretenses, prevent, taking, the government, wasting
«If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy»
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