The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed… — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
Now that I have confirmed that the Vikings have been seeking to trade me, I have asked for permission to speak to… — Daunte Culpepper Copy Share Image
It has always been my belief that children inherit the suppressed tendencies of their parents. A clergyman's son frequently shows abnormal tastes… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
India has sanctioned phenomenal injustices for years and years and years. And normalized it. There is no understanding of what it means… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Because of GLHR's crusades... we're beginning to learn the awful truth about workers around the world who are slaving away their lives… — John Sweeney Copy Share Image
We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
"Triennale in the City" is a scheme that is of priority for the sponsoring local government. For many local governments, revitalization is… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
It is true that I was denied access to a facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, because I never… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
The reason is still difficult to explain, but it is not complicated. That inner voice that will not be denied, once we… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
In basic terms, civilization is dependent upon the spontaneity and fulfillment of the individual. Your civilization is in sad straits. Not because… — Seth Copy Share Image
Dr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
The long-term goal of Christians in politics should be to gain exclusive control over the franchise. Those who refuse to submit publicly… — Gary North Copy Share Image
Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Something as important as marriage equality, which is now a constitutional right [in the USA], is something that cannot be denied. It's… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Denied the outlet, through play, of his energies, he recoiled upon himself and developed his mental processes. He became cunning; he had… — Jack London Copy Share Image
[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the State has lost its… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans,… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
It might be plausibly maintained, that in almost every one of the leading controversies, past or present, in social philosophy, both sides… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The thesis that the living creatures have always been composed different species was established in a time where no sufficient observations had… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Copy Share Image
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I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts… — Deena Metzger Copy Share Image
My father was an autodidact. It wasn't a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
In fact, in some countries there are actually voting drives conducted in prison! But here in the U.S., we seem to take… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm also a big Bob Dylan fan. The songs on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - which is one of his best early… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Kant ... stated that he had "found it necessary to deny knowledge ... to make room for faith," but all he had… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man when… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
Nan Kempner wore one of the first Saint Laurent trouser suits to one of those fancy Madison Avenue restaurants and was denied… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
No one has rightly denied himself unless he has wholly resigned himself to the Lord and is willing to leave every detail… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less uncultured, and… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments,… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
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![“We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in that simply because we were denied education and dealt with enforced illiteracy. But people seem to always forget that literacy is not the only way of learning things…” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d9/nikki-giovanni-1757_battle_we-black-people-have-always-used-our-cre_3096037.jpg)
![“But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that you have committed your life with one throw of the die, once and for all, and there is nothing you can do but tug our crime along until your death. Such is the law…” quote by Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1aa/jean-paul-sartre-220_behind-you_but-your-crime-will-be-there-one-hundred_2620706.jpg)
![“Something as important as marriage equality, which is now a constitutional right [in the USA], is something that cannot be denied. It's also very un-Christian, if you think about the way Christ was and Christ's teachings. This is not loving. This is anger. This is hatred. This is bigotry. And it's…” quote by Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92d/margaret-cho-1136_bigotry_something-as-important-as-marriage-equal_140839.jpg)
![“[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three years. In that time, they have prosecuted seven people and put three of them in prison. You know, the President has entertained more felons than that at fundraising…” quote by Charlton Heston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/33b/charlton-heston-5386_boast_president-clinton-boasts-about-186-000-p_1288458.jpg)
