Adequate Quotes

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The world is touched by sacrifice. It does not then discriminate about the merits of a cause. No so God - He is all seeing.… — Mahatma Gandhi
Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when the condemned prisoner… — Harry A. Blackmun
Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due to loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack of adequate insurance… — Jacques Diouf
The impact of climate change will fall disproportionately upon developing countries and the poor persons within all countries. It will therefore exacerbate inequalities in health… — Rajendra K. Pachauri
The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their… — Carol Moseley Braun
Every human soul is of infinite value, eternal, free; no human being, therefore, is so placed as not to have within his reach, in himself… — Arthur Balfour
The Lord is in control. He knows the end from the beginning. He has given us adequate instruction that, if followed, will see us safely… — M. Russell Ballard
In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or… — Albert Einstein
The power of the people pervading the proposed system, together with the strong confederation of the states, will form an adequate security against every danger… — John Dickinson
Experience assures us, that the efficacy of the provision has been greatly over-rated; and that some more adequate defense is indispensably necessary for the more… — James Madison
The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the… — Alexander Hamilton
Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one… — George Washington
We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character. — Henry David Thoreau
The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be… — Oliver Ellsworth
I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who has compelling evidence that there is no Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. I am not that wise, but… — Carl Sagan
Unless we have a Central Bank with adequate control of credit resources, this country is going to undergo the most severe and far reaching money… — Jacob Schiff
I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student. — William Westmoreland
I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so… — Henry David Thoreau
Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world. — Donald Barthelme
If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes. — Edward Abbey

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