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Defiance Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- 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…
- All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from…
More Defiance Quotes
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must… — 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.… — 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… — Henry Mitchell
- From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco,: "Generally speaking, the first movement is… — 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… — Anne Rice
- I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy… — Thomas Jefferson
- I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to… — Samuel Johnson