Amending Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

• By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind. — Huineng
• Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than such as are… — William Blackstone
• First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have… — Confucius
• One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution. — Adrian Cronauer
• The genome is a book that wrote itself, continually adding, deleting and amending over four billion years. — Matt Ridley
• If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy. — Jim Rohn
• I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending… — Ben Nighthorse Campbell
• Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs… — Lee H. Hamilton
• Many Americans do not realize that we could institute proportional representation for most elections in the U.S. without amending the Constitution. In helping to educate… — John Anderson
• We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are responsible for its glories and for its failures… — Charlie Pierce
• I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're… — Brendan Fraser
• This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their… — Abraham Lincoln
• Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are,… — Jimmy Carter
• One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on… — Ben Nelson
• None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act. — Sam Brownback
• I was convinced I was worth less than my straight peers. I was at best inauthentic, and the longer I went without amending that dishonesty,… — James McGreevey

Who Wrote These Amending Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 17 Amending Quotes as follows:

• 1 Amending Quote by Huineng
• 1 Amending Quote by William Blackstone
• 1 Amending Quote by Confucius
• 1 Amending Quote by Adrian Cronauer
• 1 Amending Quote by Matt Ridley
• 1 Amending Quote by Jim Rohn
• 1 Amending Quote by Ben Nighthorse Campbell
• 1 Amending Quote by Lee H. Hamilton
• 1 Amending Quote by John Anderson
• 1 Amending Quote by Charlie Pierce
• 1 Amending Quote by Brendan Fraser
• 1 Amending Quote by Abraham Lincoln
• 1 Amending Quote by Jimmy Carter
• 1 Amending Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• 1 Amending Quote by Ben Nelson
• 1 Amending Quote by Sam Brownback
• 1 Amending Quote by James McGreevey