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Busenbaum, Hermann
1600–68
1600–68
1
Cum finis est licitus, etiam media sunt licita.The end justifies the means.
Cum finis est licitus, etiam media sunt licita.The end justifies the means.
Medulla Theologiae Moralis
(1650); literally "When the end is allowed, the means also are allowed"
Bush, Barbara
1925–
1925–
1
Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!
Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!
remarks at Wellesley College Commencement, 1 June 1990
Bush, George
1924–
1924–
1
Oh, the vision thing.
responding to the suggestion that he turn his attention from short-term campaign objectives and look to the longer term.
Read my lips: no new taxes.
campaign pledge on taxation
And now, we can see a new world coming into view. A world in which there is the very real prospect of a new world order.
Oh, the vision thing.
responding to the suggestion that he turn his attention from short-term campaign objectives and look to the longer term.
in
Time
26 January 1987
Read my lips: no new taxes.
campaign pledge on taxation
in
New York Times
19 August 1988
And now, we can see a new world coming into view. A world in which there is the very real prospect of a new world order.
speech, in
New York Times
7 March 1991
Bussy-Rabutin, Comte de
1618–93
1618–93
1
Love comes from blindness,
Friendship from knowledge.
Absence is to love what wind is to fire;
It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great.
As you know, God is usually on the side of the big squadrons against the small.
Love comes from blindness,
Friendship from knowledge.
Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules: Maximes d'Amour
(1665) pt. 1
Absence is to love what wind is to fire;
It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great.
Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules: Maximes d'Amour
(1665) pt. 2
As you know, God is usually on the side of the big squadrons against the small.
letter to the Comte de Limoges, 18 October 1677. ,
Butler, Joseph
1692–1752
1692–1752
1
Sir, the pretending to extraordinary revelations and gifts of the Holy Ghost is a horrid thing—a very horrid thing.
Sir, the pretending to extraordinary revelations and gifts of the Holy Ghost is a horrid thing—a very horrid thing.
to John Wesley, 16 August 1739
Butler, Nicholas Murray
1862–1947
1862–1947
1
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
Commencement address at Columbia University (attributed)
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