Contrary Quotes

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[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary… — Alexander Hamilton
But oh! the Latin!-Madame, you can really have no idea of what a mess it is. The Romans would never have found time to conquer… — Heinrich Heine
It is thus religion infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity and fanaticism: if he has a heated imagination it drives him on… — Baron d'Holbach
The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be a lawful tender...… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power-it's potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the… — Tony Robbins
I am not conscious of a single experience throughout my three months' stay in England and Europe that made me feel that after all East… — Mahatma Gandhi
This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to… — Leon Jouhaux
"I have not made any arrogant, confident, boasting predictions at all. On the contrary, I have stuck hard to my "blood, toil, tears and sweat,"… — Winston Churchill
Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees. — Karel Capek
It would seem, after this, that even when living upon earth we must live as if in the heavenly kingdom, dwelling there in anticipation by… — John of Kronstadt
Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the contrary, people feel… — Dalai Lama
Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health. — Swami Vivekananda
Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney… — David Limbaugh
Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of… — Max Scheler
You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow Richardson, on the… — Samuel Johnson
It is ... impossible to keep one's excellence in a little glass casket, like a jewel, to take it out whenever wanted. On the contrary,… — Adolf Anderssen
Vicky became more serious and her tone more reflective as she remarked, "Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis. I don't mean… — Flora Rheta Schreiber
I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ... — Che Guevara
When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does… — Ludwig van Beethoven
The intellect is not the means of creation, and creation does not take place through the functioning of the intellect; on the contrary, there is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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