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Letter "S" » sovereign
«The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.»
«No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manors, nor old country-houses, nor parsonages, nor thatched cottages nor ivied ruins; no cathedrals, nor abbeys, nor little Norman churches; no great Universities nor public schools / no Oxford, nor Eton, nor Harrow; no literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class / no Epsom nor Ascot! Some such list as that might be drawn up of the absent things in American life.»
Author: Henry James
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«The slanders poured down like Niagara. If you take into consideration the setting -- the war and the revolution -- and the character of the accused -- revolutionary leaders of millions who were conducting their party to the sovereign power -- you can say without exaggeration that July 1917 was the month of the most gigantic slander in world history.»
Author: Leon Trotsky
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exaggeration, Niagara, poured, pour down, slander, Slanders, sovereign, The Accused, the revolution, without consideration
«PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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ascertain, ascertained, ascertaining, plebiscite, popular vote, sovereign
«Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.»
Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
| About:
Power
| Keywords:
self-knowledge, self control, sovereign, These Three
«The Sovereign Lord King is my Beloved, my Best Friend. Through the Guru, I have met Him, and my mind has been rejuvenated.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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My best friend, rejuvenate, rejuvenated, rejuvenating, sovereign
«The Sovereign Lord King has cut away the bonds of His Saints. How can Maya torment them? Says Nanak, Maya does not draw near those who have obtained the dust of the feet of the Saints.»
«O God, I seek Your Sanctuary; O my Sovereign Lord King, please unite me with Yourself»
«The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
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Advances, country, coveting, covets, disgrace, disgraced, disgraces, do good, fame, fearing, general, His country, jewel, kingdom, protect, retreated, retreating, retreats, sovereign, sovereigns, The General, The Kingdom
«There is no more sovereign eloquence than the truth in indignation.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
eloquence, indignation, sovereign, sovereigns
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