| "It was no Insurrection or Rebellion, or even Civil War in any proper sense of these terms... The war... was a war between States regularly organized into two separate Federal Republics... In the beginning, and throughout the contest, the object of the 'Confederates' was to maintain the separate Sovereignty of each State, and the right of self-government, which that necessarily carries with it. The object of the 'Federals,' on the contrary, was to maintain a Centralized Sovereignty over all the States on both sides. This was the fundamental principle involved in the Conflict, which must be kept continually in mind." »Alexander Hamilton Stephens |
| "If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us." »Francis Bacon |
| "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." »Gilbert Keith Chesterton |
| "He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one." »Alexander Pope |
| "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality." »Alighieri Dante |
| "We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race." »Cicero |
| "To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others." »Pope John Paul II |
| "It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite normal since they only maintain this dignity by constantly striving against their own nature." »Albert Camus |
| "I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true." »Carl Sagan |
| "The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment." »Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| "Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to the world. When the world shifts, you shift." »Tom Stoppard |
| "We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us." »Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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