Most influential phrases
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Here is a list of some of the most influential phrases in history:
Spoken in English
- "All men are created equal" - Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
- "Give me liberty or give me death" - Patrick Henry
- "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." George Orwell, Animal Farm.
- "These are the times that try men’s souls." Thomas Paine, The American Crisis (1776)
- "... to secure these rights [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" - Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
- "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - Ronald Reagan, speech at the Berlin Wall
- "Speak softly and carry a big stick.", Theodore Roosevelt
- "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper." T.S. Eliot
Spoken in languages other than English
- "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:23-24)
- "I think, therefore I am" - Descartes
- "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth" - Genesis 1:1
- "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."- Exodus 20:3
- "upon this rock I will build my church" - Matthew 16:18
- "Here I stand, I can do no other so help me God" - Martin Luther
- "And yet it moves" - Galileo Galilei
- "And [Josiah] did that which was right in the sight of the LORD," [2 Kings 22:2] "And he brake down the houses of the sodomites." 2 Kings 23:7
- "To love your fellow as yourself," is a great basic principle of the Torah. (Leviticus 19:18, Midrash).
- "That Which Is Hateful to You, Do Not Do to Your Fellow! That is the Whole Torah; The Rest is Interpretation'" (Talmud).
- "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?" (Talmud, Avot). [1].
- "From your lips to God's ears". (culturally Jewish saying).
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