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Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

P. J. O'Rourke

American Comedian

Born: Nov 14, 1947

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Eminent, Like, Force, Deadly, Domain, Governments, Certain, Certain Things, Things, Monopolies

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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. Edmund Burke

Great Justice Legal Society Circumstances Lies Civil Civil Society Eminent Policy Itself Departure Any Any Circumstances Suspicion Being Standing

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. B. R. Ambedkar

Great Man Society Great Man Eminent He Ready Different Servant

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. Henry Ward Beecher

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No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. Charles Kendall Adams

Success Distinction Above Determines Eminent Excellence Student Attains Simply Over Him Doing Ultimate Greatness Very Required Ever Amount

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. Miguel de Cervantes

Time Man Learning Degree Other Hunger Weakness Costs Eminent Attain Head Him Stomach Graduation Watching Inconvenience

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. William Godwin

One Thing Eminent No-One Importance Learn Child Probable Thing

Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. Anna Seward

Good Will Though Record Touch Eminent Tenderness Failings Just

Companies are transcending power now. We are becoming the eminent vehicles for change and influence, and capital structures that matter. If companies shut down, the stock market would collapse. Chamath Palihapitiya

Change Matter Power Down Market Collapse Would Structures Eminent Vehicles Becoming Stock Stock Market Influence Transcending Capital Companies Now Shut

There are few things quite so effortlessly enjoyable as watching an eminent person getting in a huff and flouncing out of a television interview, often with microphone trailing. Craig Brown

Few Interview Television Out Eminent Trailing Person Effortlessly Few Things Microphone Getting Quite Often Enjoyable Things Watching

Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have. Flavius Josephus

Great Righteousness Father Reputation City Only Eminent Higher Had Nobility Greatest Greatest City His Account Now Jerusalem

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