Compulsory Quotes

97 quotes by 91 authors

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. — Edward Abbey
I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15. — Victoria Beckham
We usually spend one hour per week on ballet but Marta Karolyi has us do a lot of compulsory floor in the morning practice. — Kristie Phillips
Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that… — George Bernard Shaw
Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace. — Ludwig von Mises
Consider Social Security. The young have always contributed to the support of the old. Earlier, the young helped their own parents out of a sense… — Milton Friedman
According to one account of the New York City schools during the 1950s: The teacher could not technically hit the child, but the old crones… — Robert Klein
I think that the Bible as literature should be a compulsory part of the national curriculum.. you can't understand English literature and culture without it.… — Richard Dawkins
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could… — John Holdren
Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military… — Chen Shui-bian
MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God.… — Christopher Hitchens
Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional. — Bob Monkhouse
At some clubs success is accidental. At Arsenal it is compulsory. — Arsene Wenger
It matters, it matters very much, what each of us chooses to do. The journey toward self-discovery and self-knowledge is not only life's highest adventure,… — Arianna Huffington
Give dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization. — Margaret Sanger
While it [tolerance] is more or less quietly and constitutionally withdrawn from the opposition, it is made compulsory behavior with respect to established policies. — Herbert Marcuse
Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains. — Robinson Jeffers
It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of… — James Russell Lowell
When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air… — Jackie Stewart
The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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