--- title: "11 Notwithstanding Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Notwithstanding quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Notwithstanding sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/adam-ferguson-55036_any_in-every-commercial-state-notwithstandin_1506511.jpg" --- > [In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-ferguson/in-every-commercial-state-notwithstanding-any-pretension-to-equal/) [Adam Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-ferguson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/adam-ferguson-55036_any_in-every-commercial-state-notwithstandin_1506511.jpg) > [Humidity notwithstanding, summer seems to bring out the best of Cincinnati.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/humidity-notwithstanding-summer-seems-to-bring-out-the-best-of/) [Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/bill-dedman-3519_best_humidity-notwithstanding-summer-seems-to_1930450.jpg) > [Black holes are pretty scary when you ponder them. They seem nihilistic, infinitely destructive on an inconceivable scale, notwithstanding the ideas of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-marsh/black-holes-are-pretty-scary-when-you-ponder-them-they-seem/) [James Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-marsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/james-marsh-35267_black_black-holes-are-pretty-scary-when-you-po_711624.jpg) > [Woody Allen movies notwithstanding, therapy, in the early eighties, was not exactly a hot conversation starter. Nor was it a favoured activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/woody-allen-movies-notwithstanding-therapy-in-the-early-eighties-was/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/dan-hill-9616_activity_woody-allen-movies-notwithstanding-thera_549827.png) > [My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/my-reputation-for-writing-quickly-and-effortlessly-notwithstanding-i/) [Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/joyce-carol-oates-344_am_my-reputation-for-writing-quickly-and-ef_1575191.jpg) > [If notwithstanding, a Rebellion of the same Kind now afflicts this Country, we should not infer that this Institution is useless, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-inglis/if-notwithstanding-a-rebellion-of-the-same-kind-now-afflicts-this/) [Charles Inglis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-inglis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/charles-inglis-39342_country_if-notwithstanding-a-rebellion-of-the-sa_2947953.png) > [One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding the fact that it has a population of 1.3 billion, around 92%…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/one-of-the-unique-features-of-china-is-that-notwithstanding-the-fact/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/martin-jacques-6623_around_one-of-the-unique-features-of-china-is-t_2898795.png) > [I believe it is conceded that, notwithstanding the fabled blue laws of New England, a man may, without impropriety, kiss his wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-josiah-brewer/i-believe-it-is-conceded-that-notwithstanding-the-fabled-blue-laws-of/) [David Josiah Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-josiah-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/david-josiah-brewer-30601_believe_i-believe-it-is-conceded-that-notwithsta_2658243.jpg) > [Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-a-hitchcock/notwithstanding-this-high-ecclesiastical-authority-he-who-dared/) [Ethan A. Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-a-hitchcock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/ethan-a-hitchcock-63739_accept_notwithstanding-this-high-ecclesiastical_922574.jpg) > [Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlo-thomas/our-many-different-cultures-notwithstanding-there-s-something-about/) [Marlo Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlo-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/marlo-thomas-8603_about_our-many-different-cultures-notwithstand_2770384.jpg) > [Aggregate aid is to the Ethiopian economy what Obama's fiscal stimulus was to the American economy: minus these injections, both economies would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eskinder-nega/aggregate-aid-is-to-the-ethiopian-economy-what-obama-s-fiscal/) [Eskinder Nega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eskinder-nega/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/eskinder-nega-31806_aggregate_aggregate-aid-is-to-the-ethiopian-econom_2401298.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/notwithstanding/#itemlist", "name": "Notwithstanding Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam Ferguson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-ferguson/in-every-commercial-state-notwithstanding-any-pretension-to-equal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/adam-ferguson-55036_any_in-every-commercial-state-notwithstandin_1506511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/adam-ferguson-55036_any_in-every-commercial-state-notwithstandin_1506511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/adam-ferguson-55036_any_in-every-commercial-state-notwithstandin_1506511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must…” — Adam Ferguson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Humidity notwithstanding, summer seems to bring out the best of Cincinnati.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Dedman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/humidity-notwithstanding-summer-seems-to-bring-out-the-best-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/bill-dedman-3519_best_humidity-notwithstanding-summer-seems-to_1930450.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/bill-dedman-3519_best_humidity-notwithstanding-summer-seems-to_1930450.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/bill-dedman-3519_best_humidity-notwithstanding-summer-seems-to_1930450.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Humidity notwithstanding, summer seems to bring out the best of Cincinnati.” — Bill Dedman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Black holes are pretty scary when you ponder them. 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