When you have incidences like the Trayvon Martin verdict, the erosion of certain fundamental rights like voting, it just reminds us that… — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services. — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into,… — Barbara Lee Copy Share Image
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
In the big factory of perfecting human souls, the Earth was kind of tumbler. The sale as the kind people use to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The erosion of privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment, written to protect us against unreasonable search and seizure, began in earnest under… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I am not one who, to quote an American author, believes that democracy and enterprise have finally won the battle of ideas… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the way, the idea, which I think was initially to get some fair transaction between people, went out the window.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The most common mistake students of literature make is to go straight for what the poem or novel says, setting aside the… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The Captains of Industry have always counseled the rest of us "to be realistic." Let us, therefore, be realistic. Is it realistic… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The new puritans have been highly successful. All of the preconditions for new prohibitions on alcohol and tobacco are in place. ...… — Mark Thornton Copy Share Image
Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically , the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically , it is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We all know the tragedy of the dustbowls, the cruel unforgivable erosions of the soil, the depletion of fish or game, and… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
It is part of our "Mormon" theology that the Constitution of the United States was divinely inspired; that our Republic came into… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate,… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Nothing more guarantees the erosion of character than getting something for nothing. In the liberal welfare state, one develops an entitlement mentality.… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Ancient barrows get cleared away. Legislation is pretty much 19th century. Global warming means there is an awful lot of erosion, exposing… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
My feeling is that the beaches should belong to everybody. Nobody should be able to build anything. It causes erosion. It's a… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
An economic system can remain viable only so long as society has mechanisms to counter abuses of either state or market power… — David Korten Copy Share Image
Many people are alienated by faceless bureaucracy and what they see as an erosion of participatory democracy. Consequently, there has been a… — Frank Prochaska Copy Share Image
Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I can't get over the exciting beauty of New York - the pencil buildings so high and far that the blueness of… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
To see rich land eaten away by erosion, to stand by as continual cultivation on sloping fields wears away the best soil,… — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
But if there's an erosion at home, you know, Thomas Jefferson warned about a tyranny of an oligarchy and if we surrender… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
The erosion of agency has consequences for our politics. As a result of all this, the fundamental ethical challenge of the anthropocene… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
Suppose Vietnam could separate itself from the American dominated global system and carry out a successful social and economic development. Then that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For a long time—always, in fact—I have known that life here on earth is not what I needed and that I wasn’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
With each passing year, people of faith grow increasingly distressed by the hostility of public institutions toward religious expression. We have witnessed… — Ralph E. Reed, Jr Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that constitutional freedoms will never be abolished in one fell swoop, for the American people cherish their freedoms,… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
It is perfectly clear that people, given no alternative, will choose tyranny over anarchy, because anarchy is the worst tyranny of all...… — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
I'm not sure [Donald] Trump has had that distinction between private and public life in his head. And so, I think there's… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There are degrees of incompatibility, and there are more factors relevant to upholding democracy and human rights than the operation of neoliberal… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
![“I'm not sure [Donald] Trump has had that distinction between private and public life in his head. And so, I think there's likely to be an erosion of just that standard, that different standard, consciousness, and I think it's likely we'll see what we haven't seen in the last eight years and even…” quote by David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/44f/david-brooks-644_behavior_i-m-not-sure-donald-trump-has-had-that-d_696868.jpg)
