There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking the law… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity. Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindles in… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
What I do know is, in little more than 30 years, we have gone from a nation where the “quiet enjoyment” of… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
I stand humbled on bended knee but, of course, the response to that would be 'Duh!' And to be given that incredible… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
That is why I think, in defiance of Plato, that there is at once error and vulgarity in saying that poetry is… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
None of us should be ashamed to speak of our class power or lack of it. Overcoming fear, even the fear of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair. Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born.… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
A thing there was that mattered; a thing, wreathed about with chatter, defaced, obscured in her own life, let drop every day… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The process of becoming a refugee varies for each person. It’s a journey of defiance and dares; because what each individual leaves… — Alis Cerrahyan Copy Share Image
“Whenever any American’s life is taken by another American unnecessarily—whether it is done in the name of the law or in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you tell me, I will leave you alone," I said. "And if you don't tell me, I am going to grab… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a… — H. H. Asquith Copy Share Image
In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“I turned to my kitchen to put the final touch on my dish--- a splash of black aged vinegar to the broth.… — Roselle Lim Copy Share Image
“another option exists for those who want both peace and freedom: political defiance” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes," Aunty Ifeoma said. "Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive?… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
Youth is insolent; it is its right – its necessity; it has got to assert itself, and all assertion in this world… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: September 11th we are all Americans -… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
A woman’s duty: To look the whole world in the face with a go-to-hell look in the eyes… to speak and act… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
To look for a continuation in harmony between a number of independent unconnected sovereignties, situated in the same neighborhood, would be to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
You've got to know what your 'thing' is, and you've got to call it a 'thing,' whether it's meanness, nastiness, un-forgiveness, arrogance,… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that… — Denis Kearney Copy Share Image
Ah me! what wonder-working, occult science Can from the ashes in our hearts once more The rose of youth restore? What craft… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon?” Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is own ears.… — Rosemary Sutcliff Copy Share Image
After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
