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One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason. ↗

— William Godwin

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But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? ↗

— George Haven Putnam

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The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future. ↗

— Lord Acton

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I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable. ↗

— Adam Baldwin

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Securities fraud generally and insider trading in particular should be eminently deterrable crimes. ↗

— Preet Bharara

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Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal. ↗

— Leon Kass

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The ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth. ↗

— William Banting

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In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

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