Abolished Quotes

124 Abolished quotes by 102 unique authors

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind. — Peter Kreeft
I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider, that though good… — Patrick Henry
The supramental transformation, the supramental evolution must carry with it a lifting of mind, life and body out of themselves into a greater way of… — Sri Aurobindo
To regard states of distress in general as an objection, as something which must be abolished is the greatest nonsense on earth; having the most… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The arc of history is longer than human vision. It bends. We abolished slavery, we granted universal suffrage. We have done hard things before. And… — Barbara Kingsolver
So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in governments,… — Lucy Parsons
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There… — Henry David Thoreau
So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery,I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. — Robert E. Lee
The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us. — John F. Kennedy
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

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