The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If we always take the path of least resistance, if we embrace inertia, if we never leap, if we never accept accountability… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters; call me to be my best self;… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
It is easy to forget, since the Catholic Church is now the only large American religious denomination whose ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series… — Karl E. Weick Copy Share Image
The goal of any true resistance is to affect outcomes, not just to vent. And the only way to affect outcomes and… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
It is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed 150 years ago.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a… — Kurt Hahn Copy Share Image
If anybody attacks us we will readjust and mobilise ourselves for action immediately. That will be the end of the ceasefire if… — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
That the government's power under the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a strike by injunction so clearly strengthens the hand of the employer-even… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Today one might be tempted to say that patriotism is the last refuge of the tribal religion dedicated to the worship of… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
The disciple must have great power of endurance. Bear all evil and misery without one thought of unhappiness, resistance, remedy, or retaliation.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In theatre, presence is the matrix of power; the postmodern theatre of resistance must therefore both expose the collusion of presence with… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Political power goes much deeper than one suspects; there are centres and invisible, little-known points of support; its true resistance, its true… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
If a British government experienced such a long and persistent resistance to domestic policy in England, then that policy would almost certainly… — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
In the beginning, in 2003, there was the Iraqi resistance, which didn't want the US occupation, then they developed Al Qaeda, but… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
Andrée De Jongh story led me to other stories of women who joined the Resistance in France. I found literally dozens of… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
The American expeditionary force would easily rout the Taliban in a conventional war - which is why there would not be one.… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Asymmetric balance creates greater reader interest. Pleasure derived from observing asymmetrical arrangements lies partly in overcoming resistances, which, consciously or not, the… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
Much more should have been achieved by a Labour Government in office and Labour pressure in opposition. Against the dogged resistance to… — Anthony Crosland Copy Share Image
We shouldn't just consider the desire of government to do what it wants to do. We should always consider the resistance of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
They're going to clear cut your best thoughts for the sake of profit unless you learn to resist, because the profit system… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
It is in general true that in order to create works of art one has to have leisure. On the other hand… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid,… — Bill Alexander Copy Share Image
If there be no right of rebellion against a state of things that no savage tribe would endure without resistance, then I… — Roger Casement Copy Share Image
Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
You don't need to suffer anymore. You've suffered enough to take you to this point where you hear the words, "You don't… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Always work to cause your horse to follow the path of least resistance. Then place an opening for him to pass through… — Monty Roberts Copy Share Image
Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
When people ask us how long does it take for something to manifest, we say, It takes as long as it takes… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
So long as our land is occupied it is the right of the Palestinian people and their factions to combine resistance and… — Khaled Mashal Copy Share Image
I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Stars looking at our planet, watching entropy and pain and maybe startin' to wonder how the chaos in our lives could pass… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Sadly, the same leaders who call on Palestinians to abandon violence have been silent in the face of Israeli repression. By condemning… — Yousef Munayyer Copy Share Image
