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Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil… — Alan Keyes
Life and death do not wait for legal action. — Daphne du Maurier
The most creative social strategy we have to offer is the church. Here we show the world a manner of life the world can never… — Stanley Hauerwas
It is indeed in many ways more comfortable to belong to that section of society whose action are not publicly canvassed and discussed — Murasaki Shikibu
...In every realm of male expression and action, violence is experienced and articulated as love and freedom. — Andrea Dworkin
The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps, is that of… — Sam Vaknin
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth… — Sue Monk Kidd
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. — Thomas Carlyle
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can. . . . The more of the details… — William James
The great political tragedy of our time is that conservative leaders in America have chosen to use their superior messaging and political skills to thwart… — Joseph J. Romm
How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears? Man has been… — Baron d'Holbach
The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon. — William H. Calvin
There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with… — Tony Blair
Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many. — Elizabeth May
We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse… — James Hansen
You must become a climate champion, a single-issue voter. You must take whatever action you can. You must use whatever influence you have wherever it… — Joseph J. Romm
The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe that the president's (Bush) leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making… — Nancy Pelosi
It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they call eternal absolute values and… — Ludwig von Mises

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