Abolished Quotes

124 quotes by 102 authors

A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to… — Idries Shah
Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply… — Ingrid Newkirk
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits… — Seneca the Younger
Let women be provided with living strength of their own. Let them have the means to attack the world and wrest from it their own… — Simone de Beauvoir
Racist, sexist, and homophobic thoughts cannot, alas, be abolished by fiat but only by the time-honored methods of persuasion, education and exposure to the other… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Whereas the melancholic exhibits a state of general inhibition, in the manic patient even normal inhibitions of the instincts are partly or wholly abolished. — Karl Abraham
The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists… — James Buchan
It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished. — Eisaku Sato
The state is not abolished, it withers away. — Friedrich Engels
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states… — Kitty Kelley
Italian politicians are stupid and expensive, that's why they should be fired, abolished, or better eliminated. — William C. Brown
Political parties in Italy are so stupid and expensive that they deserve to be abolished. — William C. Brown
There is no doubt that constitutional freedoms will never be abolished in one fell swoop, for the American people cherish their freedoms, and would not… — Robert Byrd
We've consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished altogether. — Faye Wattleton
We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this… — Emperor Norton
Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder. — F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and dangerous... they ought… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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