Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort. — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Man learned to resort to the dance when he felt helpless or fragmentary, when he felt dislocated in his universe. — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I suppose that the main benefit of being rich (over just being independent) is to be able to despise rich people (a… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Puerto Rico is a government that is spending money that it doesn't have. What's coming in and what's going out don't match.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
At Last It's a perfect winter day. No wind. No Arctic freeze. Cloudless azure sky. A day to fly. Snow drapes the… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
I want to think that there are better ways of obviating murder than to resort to capital punishment, but I realise that… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Apparently, in the Avesta classical period no one would have dreamed of having a spiritual experience without resort to drugs. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
If a government resorts to inflation, that is, creates money in order to cover its budget deficits or expands credit in order… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
If the means to which the government of the union may resort for executing the power confided to it, are unlimited, it… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies. — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When the passer's back foot hit the ground on his setup, I wanted the ball gone. If no one was open, if… — Sid Gillman Copy Share Image
Unlike national markets, which tend to be supported by domestic regulatory and political institutions, global markets are only 'weakly embedded'. There is… — Dani Rodrik Copy Share Image
Our contemporary brand of socialism has one fatal flaw. It's too expensive. When you try to shower benefits on so many recipients,… — James Cook Copy Share Image
The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.' — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
We must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for which their fallen leaders are on trial is not that they… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
As for Christianity's alleged concern with truth, Christian faith is to free inquiry what the Mafia is to free enterprise. Christianity may… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
I am ever unwilling that [peace] should be disturbed as long as the rights and interests of the nations can be preserved.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Do you like flora and fauna? How about plants and animals? Because we have more of that beautiful crap than we know… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
I was extremely frustrated, almost at the point of giving up on coming up with a name for the project (because I'm… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Next time there’s a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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