Contrary Quotes

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The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation. — Benjamin Franklin
If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations… — Bruce Barton
Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may… — Immanuel Kant
Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness..... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi
The companies only developed if the state did not intervene in the French fashion. If on the contrary a certain degree of economic freedom was… — Fernand Braudel
No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a beneficial way. On… — Charles Koch
What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on the contrary, he… — Charles Dunoyer
Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. — David Korten
The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions or opinions, and… — Charles Dickens
A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. — John Marshall
This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is… — Frederick Seitz
To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a… — Thomas a Kempis
In our day the feeling of patriotism is an unnatural, irrational, and harmful feeling, and a cause of a great part of the ills from… — Leo Tolstoy
Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others… — Hilaire Belloc
Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary,… — Pope John Paul II
Scientific culture created a framework within which individual mobility was possible without threatening hierarchical work-force allocation. On the contrary, meritocracy reinforced hierarchy. Finally, meritocracy as… — Immanuel Wallerstein
In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming into the slightest… — Adolf Hitler
Brothers, you came from our own people. You are killing your own brothers. Any human order to kill must be subordinate to the law of… — Oscar Romero
The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds,… — Paul Tournier
Did a Magdalene, a Paul, a Constantine, an Augustine become mountains of ice after their conversion? Quite the contrary. We should never have had these… — Frances Xavier Cabrini

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