Arbitrary Quotes

303 quotes by 261 authors

I have seen the rise of fascism and communism. Both philosophies glorify the arbitrary power of the state... But both theories fail. Both deny those… — Ronald Reagan
Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion, and… — Lewis Cass
Carbon dioxide is natural, it is not harmful, it is a part of Earth's lifecycle. And yet we're being told that we have to reduce… — Michele Bachmann
Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer. — Fred Brooks
Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens. — Rudy Rucker
But in the present century, thanks in good part to the influence of Hilbert, we have come to see that the unproved postulates with which… — Julian Coolidge
I removed the freeway from its temporal context. Overpasses, cloverleafs, exit ramps took on the personality of Mayan ruins for me. Without destination, without cessation,… — Tom Robbins
Trials are not arbitrary. When I speak about them, I am referring to the mindful suffering.Man has come to his present development thanks to his… — Peter Deunov
Good design is thorough down to the last detail - Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process… — Dieter Rams
Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting… — Thomas Sowell
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to… — Baron de Montesquieu
No man can delegate,... any right of arbitrary dominion over a 3rd person; for that would imply a right in the 1st person, not only… — Lysander Spooner
Inflation is the fiscal complement of statism and arbitrary government. It is a cog in the complex of policies and institutions which gradually lead toward… — Ludwig von Mises
Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic. — Stephen Colbert
The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike… — Winston Churchill
And I take this opportunity to declare, that ...I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me,… — James Otis
"...arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable." — Luther L. Bohanon
One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures. — Larry Wall
Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours. — Ichiro Suzuki
[C]ensorship in any form is the opening wedge for fascism, since it places arbitrary and unwarranted power in the hands of individuals. — Jack Parsons

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