The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice. — John Locke Copy Share Image
As society is now constituted, a literal adherence to the moral precepts scattered throughout the Gospels would mean sudden death. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The German has not the slightest notion how a people must be misled if the adherence of the masses is sought. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
To mourn deeply for the death of another loosens from myself the petty desire for, and the animal adherence to life. We… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
Having been brought up with a definition of faith as adherence to a set of beliefs, I have more and more begun… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
If the student truly absorbs the concept of free inquiry in the field of music, unimpeded by blind adherence to doctrine and… — William Howard Schuman Copy Share Image
Let us make it clear that we will never turn our backs on our steadfast friends in Israel, whose adherence to the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It… — Erwin Schrödinger Copy Share Image
In any regime there is always something that one should agree with, and in Shades there are quite a few notions that,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The agnostic has a very curious notion of religion. He is convinced that a man who says 'I believe in God' should… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Some communities will be abandoned, others will struggle along, others will split, others will flourish, gain members, and be duplicated elsewhere. Each… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
It is often reported that the Five Points of Calvinism are the conceptual hard-core of Reformed thought. That is very misleading. The… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
Eagleton has spent his life inside two mental boxes, Catholicism and Marxism, of both of which he is a severe internal critic—that… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Discipleship means adherence to Christ and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I believe it is of particular importance in our day, when Satan is raging in the hearts of men in so many… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity. — Kate Smith Copy Share Image
Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We love your adherence to democratic principles and to democratic processes. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
“Adherence is key. Keep it in mind when designing experiments; design experiments you can adhere to. 3.” — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war. — J. F. C. Fuller Copy Share Image
One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
