Defiance Quotes

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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of… — Hannah Arendt
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted.… — Dick Cheney
Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength,… — Mahatma Gandhi
There are no green thumbs or black thumbs. There are only gardeners and non-gardeners. Gardeners are the ones who ruin after ruin get on with… — Henry Mitchell
From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco,: "Generally speaking, the first movement is intended to convey… — Meredith Willson
My life's been too much of a self-created vocation. And there are times when I think I've done everything in the name of defiance. — Anne Rice
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set… — Thomas Jefferson
I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and… — Samuel Johnson
American citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity and in defiance of those… — James Madison
To look for a continuation in harmony between a number of independent unconnected sovereignties, situated in the same neighborhood, would be to disregard the uniform… — Alexander Hamilton
Earth has cooled since 1998 in defiance of the predictions by the UN-IPCC....The global temperature for 2007 was the coldest in a decade and the… — Richard Keen
We are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will… — H. H. Asquith
The stunt team were great on Defiance. They were there, every day. — Stephanie Leonidas
Defiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exalts and glorifies the rebel. — Edward Abbey
When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance and of the best quality. — Thomas Jefferson
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that... we will,… — Thomas Jefferson
I consider itâ€¦as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Governmentâ€¦and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution is known to… — James Madison
I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense. — Rene Magritte
The notion of following your passion is worth indulging. Your passion is your source of power. To live really a full life, you need to… — Doug Peacock
To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world. — Stanley Crawford

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