Denied Quotes · Page 15

For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.

— John Burns

Marriage ... has historically been a battlefield, the site of collisions within and between governments and religions over who should regulate it.…

— Evan Wolfson

A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression,…

— E. F. Schumacher

We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American dream that wealth…

— Ronald Reagan

Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press,…

— Mitt Romney

I have known nothing the last thirty years save the struggle for human rights on this continent. If it had been a…

— Susan B. Anthony

Love is all there is, it makes the world go 'round Love and only love, it can't be denied No matter what…

— Bob Dylan

[To actors on opening night:] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and…

— Hallie Flanagan

As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make…

— Wentworth Miller

You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but just staying in there and…

— Natalie Martinez

According to the faith and mercy of his Christian enemies, [Chosroes] sunk without hope into a still deeper abyss [Hell]; and it…

— Edward Gibbon

Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?

— Pietro Aretino

Self-defense is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself.

— William Barclay

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no,…

— Hans Blix

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell is saying Donald Trump lied when he said he made $20 million a year off his 'Apprentice' series…

— Jimmy Fallon

I do not believe that it can be too often repeated that the freedoms of speech, press, petition and assembly guaranteed by…

— Hugo Black

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their…

— John F. Kennedy

[Donald Trump] said that he would encourage Japan and South Korea to develop their own nuclear arsenals to lower U.S. costs, and…

— David Krieger

There is only one constant element in immunity, whether innate or acquired, and that is phagocytosis. The extension and importance of this…

— Elie Metchnikoff

The highest place was given to Him, who died on the cross, far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion,…

— Arno C. Gaebelein

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

— Margaret Thatcher

Kant ... stated that he had "found it necessary to deny knowledge ... to make room for faith," but all he had…

— Hannah Arendt

So the news that divorced fathers are to be denied a legal right to a relationship with their children, in the long…

— Louis de Bernieres

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

— Martin Luther King, Jr