U. S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war.
On the contrary, therefore, Christ declares that the doctrine of the Gospel, though it is preached to all without exception, cannot be embraced by all, but that a new understanding and a new perception are requisite; and, therefore, that faith does not depend on the will of men, but that it is God who gives it.
Whoever declares a child to be "delicate" thereby crowns and anoints a tyrant.
Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.
Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value - and so long as that beneficiary is anybody other than oneself, anything goes.
Enemies publish themselves. They declare war. The friend never declares his love.
The law demands that we do it all; the gospel declares that Jesus paid it all.
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus. ' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
A Conformist is a man who declares, "It's true because others believe it" - but an Individualist is NOT a man who declares, "It's true because I believe it. " An Individual declares, "I believe it because I see in reason that it is true.
When an American declares bankruptcy, when he hits bottom, he can reinvent himself. There's a story he can tell. We tolerate reinvention. We encourage reinvention. That's what this country has that Europe does not. It's not just a crisis; it's an opportunity.
That person who declares that there is always something wrong is always doing something to make things wrong.
When a man publishes a book, there are so many stupid things said that he declares he'll never do it again. The praise is almost always worse than the criticism.
The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
Genius declares itself to be a kind of higher masculinity.
In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity.
Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.
Where two principles really do meet which cannot be reconciled with one another, then each man declares the other a fool and a heretic
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
What God declares the believing heart confesses without the need of further proof. Indeed, to seek proof is to admit doubt, and to obtain proof is to render faith superfluous.
Nature declares herself in her works. What exists beyond her domain, if anything, becomes necessarily a matter of faith or imagination.