Beholden Quotes

40 quotes by 36 authors

Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing. — Bob Barr
We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give back… — Ray Bradbury
All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief. — Robert Frost
I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny. For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful… — Cato the Younger
I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its… — Leopold II of Belgium
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious commitment. It is… — Joan D. Chittister
The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or voice,… — Bret Anthony Johnston
The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact… — Harold H. Greene
The galaxy is full of creatures that are nothing like us at all. We can try to understand them, and we should. But even if… — John Jackson Miller
We are rare and precious because we are alive, because we can think as well as we can. We are privileged to influence and perhaps… — Carl Sagan
Men are rather beholden ... generally to chance or anything else, than to logic, for the invention of arts and sciences. — Francis Bacon
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again the… — Ronald Reagan
As a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans - and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - just… — Charlie Crist
The removal of Saddam Hussein and his replacement by someone beholden to the United States is a key part of a broader United States strategy… — Michael Klare
When we rise in the morning... at the table we drink coffee which is provided to us by a South American, or tea by a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was nominated by President Bush in 2003 and plans to start the job any day now. ... Prior to… — Jon Stewart
I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana. — Phil Donahue
Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as… — Simon Mainwaring
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to… — Ian MacKaye

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