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The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not entertain that bargain either.

Edward Grey

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In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

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It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.

Andrew Cohen

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Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they’re seen by their gravitational effect.

Murray Gell Mann

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In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect.

James Nasmyth

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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

Robert Burton

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Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

Lord Dunsany

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I’ve got the greatest job in the world. There’s no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people’s lives. It’s a great challenge.

Michael Bloomberg

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A man’s accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.

John Foster Dulles

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