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Here is a ranking of the most influential phrases in history:
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Here is a list of some of the most influential phrases in history:
  
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#"All men are created equal" - [[Thomas Jefferson]], ''[[Declaration of Independence]]''
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== Spoken in English ==
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#"I think, therefore I am" - [[Descartes]]
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*"All men are created equal" - [[Thomas Jefferson]], ''[[Declaration of Independence]]''
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#"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."  [[George Orwell]], ''[[Animal Farm]]''.
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*"Give me liberty or give me death" - [[Patrick Henry]]
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#"These are the times that try men’s souls." [[Thomas Paine]], ''The American Crisis‎'' (1776)  
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*"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."  [[George Orwell]], ''[[Animal Farm]]''.
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#"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - [[Ronald Reagan]], speech at the [[Berlin]] Wall
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*"These are the times that try men’s souls." [[Thomas Paine]], ''The American Crisis‎'' (1776)  
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*"... 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]]''
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*"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - [[Ronald Reagan]], speech at the [[Berlin]] Wall
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*"Speak softly and carry a big stick.", Theodore Roosevelt
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*"This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper." T.S. Eliot
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== Spoken in languages other than English ==
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*"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)
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*"I think, therefore I am" - [[Descartes]]
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*"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth" - [[Genesis]] 1:1
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*"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."- [[Exodus]] 20:3
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*"upon this rock I will build my church" - [[Matthew]] 16:18
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*"Here I stand, I can do no other so help me God" - [[Martin Luther]]
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*"And yet it moves" - [[Galileo Galilei]]
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*"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
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* "To love your fellow as yourself," is a great basic principle of the Torah. (Leviticus 19:18, Midrash).
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* "That Which Is Hateful to You, Do Not Do to Your Fellow! That is the Whole Torah; The Rest is Interpretation'" (Talmud).
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* "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). [https://aish.com/48893292/].
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* "From your lips to God's ears". (culturally Jewish saying).
  
 
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#"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" - [[Genesis]] 1:1
 
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#"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."- [[Exodus]] 20:3
 
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#"upon this rock I will build my church" -[[Matthew]] 16:18
 
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#"Here I stand, I can do no other so help me God" - [[Martin Luther]]
 
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#"And yet it moves" - [[Galileo Galilei]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:18, January 29, 2025

Here is a list of some of the most influential phrases in history:

Spoken in English

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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