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One of the most important secret societies of the 20th century is called the Round Table. It is based in Britain with branches across the world. It is the Round Table that ultimately orchestrates the network of the Bilderberg Group, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission and the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

~David Icke

Topics: Across Affairs Based Branches Britain Century Commission Council Foreign Group Important Institute International Most Network Relations Round Royal Secret Societies Table The Most Important Ultimately World 20Th Century

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The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

~Deforest Soaries

Topics: Am Assistance Being Charter Commission Commitment Democracy Election Federal Federal Government Freedom Government Humbled Major Members Prospect Represents Sustained Unprecedented Vibrant I Am

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Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.

~E. Stanley Jones

Topics: Begin Being Commission Compulsion Divine Feel God Machinery Out Power Pray Prayer Quietness Sense Sent Spiritual Turns World You

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You can't write a screenplay if you've been doing a zero-hours contract. Which means that the people who write drama, the people who commission dramas, and the people who direct dramas all come from a small circle of society.

~Eddie Marsan

Topics: Been Circle Come Commission Contract Direct Doing Drama Dramas Means People Screenplay Small Society Which Who Write You

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It was not necessary and might even have been disadvantageous for a government to claim a direct personal commission and communion of the kind God had given some rulers in the Old Testament. A working government might need the support of the Church but not of God Himself in a voice from on high.

~Edmund Morgan

Topics: Been Church Claim Commission Communion Direct Even Given God Government Had High Himself Kind Might Necessary Need Old Old Testament Personal Rulers Some Support Testament Voice Working

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All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the murder of the President and shall be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death.

~Edwin M. Stanton

Topics: Before Commission Death Escape Military Persons President Punishment Shall Subject Treated Trial Will

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If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

~Elizabeth Warren

Topics: Been Commission Crisis Current Financial Financial Crisis Had Place Product Safety Would Years Years Ago

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It's almost embarrassing, but I do have one trick for taking portraits on commission. I carry one of these little bicycle horns in my pocket, and once in a while, when someone is sour-faced or stiff, I blow my horn. It sort of shatters the barriers. It's silly, but it works.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Almost Barriers Bicycle Blow Carry Commission Embarrassing Horn Horns Little Once Pocket Portraits Silly Someone Sort Stiff Taking Trick While Works

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I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills.

~Emanuel Celler

Topics: Against Bills Civil Civil Rights Commission Establishment Few Growth Had Industrial Introduced Monopoly Power Rights

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Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Another Cause Change Closely Commission Connected Discoveries Fundamental Growth Interesting Less Medical Modern Nations Noticeable Population Question Scientific Set Special Study United United Nations Up

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