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Could the word 'iron' be the root from which 'irony' is derived?
- Victor Hugo
all languages that derive from Latin form the word compassion by combining the prefix meaning with (com-) and the root meaning suffering
- Milan Kundera
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.
- Charles Hodge
I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.
- Al Gore
All ideas are second-hand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources, and daily used by the gardener with a pride and satisfaction born of the superstition that he originated them; whereas there is not a rag of originality about them anywhere except the little discoloration they get from his mental and moral calibre and his temperament, and which is revealed in characteristics of phrasing.
- Mark Twain
We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God
- George W. Bush
The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.
- John Adams