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From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer. ↗

— William Ames

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The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised. ↗

— Ron Davies

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine. ↗

— Pierre Loti

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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. ↗

— Quintilian

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If the quantity of labour realized in commodities, regulate their exchangeable value, every increase of the quantity of labour must augment the value of that commodity on which it is exercised, as every diminution must lower it. ↗

— David Ricardo

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I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

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Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. ↗

— Brit Hume

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