The People will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the Circes of Atheism. Their souls will flash indignation against… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
The love of truth, virtue, and the happiness of mankind are specious pretexts, but not the inward principles that set divines at… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
It is intolerable that the world's religions - founded on the values of love and compassion - should provide a pretext for… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza Copy Share Image
There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is one of my faults, that though my tongue is sometimes prompt enough at an answer, there are times when it… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
It is peculiar to “ressentiment criticism” that it does not seriously desire that its demands be fulfilled. It does not want to… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
In a thing, they can create a pretext coined hundreds of excuses , but the truth is only one. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Under the specious pretext of effecting 'the happiness of the whole community,' nearly all the wrongs and intrusions of government has been… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in many… — Vyacheslav Molotov Copy Share Image
I don't have an aversion to quote unquote remakes, because I understand what dramatic writing is, what the dramatic profession has always… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share Image
To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Mine was a trained Presbyterian conscience and knew but the one duty - to hunt and harry its slave upon all pretexts… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When activists need a pretext to justify their violence, they always find it. — Charb Copy Share Image
[Terrorism] is formed of certain fundamental problems, [including] ignorance, poverty, and fear of others. Some people take advantage of the young and… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held, will… — Robert Lewis Hinkle Copy Share Image
History is nothing but a procession of false Absolutes, a series of temples raised to pretexts, a degradation of the mind before… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Human vitality is so exuberant that in the sorriest desert it still finds a pretext for glowing and trembling. — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image