Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
Ivan Turgenev

It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake.
Paul von Hindenburg

I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world.
Theodor Herzl

Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To fulfill this mission we do not have to remain literally planted among the nations who hate and despise us.
Theodor Herzl

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
Madeleine Albright

A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.
Sun Ra

We're going to be treated very poorly, I think that goes with the territory, and you have to get over it, get beyond it and know who you are among your peers and especially among your family when you look in the mirror.
Vince McMahon

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
Jean de la Bruyere

Marriage is socialism among two people.
Barbara Ehrenreich

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
Sydney Smith

It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.
Jean Racine

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
Charles Lamb

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
Lucretius

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.
Ulrich Beck

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
Al Franken

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
Jacques Barzun

I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to.
Thabo Mbeki

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.
Thomas B. Macaulay

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.
David Herbert Lawrence