Settlement Quotes

Settlement Quote of the day

There are four great measures for my administration - a reduction of tariff, an independent treasury, settlement of the Oregon boundary and acquisition of California.

Conrad Hilton was very generous in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5,000 Gideon Bibles.

There are some common problems in the Balkans in the settlement of which Bulgaria should also participate.

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.

The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.

Beer was the driving force that led nomadic mankind into village life. It was this appetite for beer-making material that led to crop cultivation, permanent settlement and agriculture.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted.

Put an end to so great an evil and arrive at a peace settlement whatever the outcome, and whatever the conditions.

There is no justice, no law, and no God in heaven, only a single law which decides and supersedes all-[Jewish] settlement [of the land].

Peace with Syria would provide more security than a few settlements on the Golan.

No settlement with the majority community is possible, as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.

People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.

Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both countries [Pakistan and India]. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in the region which is controlled by Indian armed forces.

The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest

Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.

If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.

Under no circumstances must we touch land belonging to fellahs or worked by them. Only if a fellah leaves his place of settlement, should we offer to buy his land, at an appropriate price.

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.

There has to be some limit to what lawyers can take from their clients. Otherwise, cagey attorneys end up with the lion's share of the settlement and the victims end up with little more than scraps.

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.

The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives.

The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.

What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record.

You have my assurance that we will respond with full force should the settlement be violated by North Vietnam.

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

A compromise is a settlement by which each side gets what neither side wanted.

Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.

A Settlement is above all a place for enthusiasms, a spot to which those who have a passion for the equalization of human joys and opportunities are early attracted.

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.

Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.

There is as much need for a change of heart among the Hindus and Mussalmans as there is among the British, before a proper settlement is arrived at.

Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn't want to tour.

With respect to Syria, we are going to continue to work as we have over the last five, six years to push towards a political transition and settlement.

The first human beings to land on Mars should not come back to Earth. They should be the beginning of a build-up of a colony/settlement, I call it a 'permanence'.

My parents' divorce settlement involved a bar tab.

This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.

This decree is very serious and we will not allow it to pass unopposed. (on Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze)

All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland

The generation of youth in the early 21st century has no way of grasping if they will ever be free from the gnawing sense of the transience, indefiniteness, and provisional nature of any settlement.

The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.

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