Defined Quotes

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Society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy. — John C. Sawhill
So much were employers of wage-labor unenthusiastic about proletarianization that, in addition to fostering the gender age division of labor, they also encouraged, in their… — Immanuel Wallerstein
As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed. Even where particular state constitutions… — Immanuel Wallerstein
To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and… — James Madison
It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the government have too much power or too little power and… — James Madison
There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a… — Alexander Hamilton
By a generative grammar I mean simply a system of rules that in some explicit and well-defined way assigns structural descriptions to sentences. Obviously, every… — Noam Chomsky
Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For a woman, love is defined as her willingness to submit… — Andrea Dworkin
The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be… — Oliver Ellsworth
Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed? — Alexander Hamilton
Premium will increasingly be defined in terms of sustainability and environmental compatibility — Norbert Reithofer
What happened at Hiroshima was not only that a scientific breakthrough had occurred and that a great part of the population of a city had… — Archibald MacLeish
These microscopic organisms form an entire world composed of species, families and varieties whose history, which has barely begun to be written, is already fertile… — Louis Pasteur
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation. — William J. Clinton
No woman is really an insider in the institutions fathered by masculine consciousness. When we allow ourselves to believe we are, we lose touch with… — Adrienne Rich
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a… — Walter Lippmann
Above all, we must awaken to and overcome the great hidden anthropocentric projection that has virtually defined the modern mind: the pervasive projection of soullessness… — Richard Tarnas
Biblical Theology...is that part of Exegetical Theology which deals with the revelation of God in its historic continuity...Biblical Theology, rightly defined, is nothing else than… — Geerhardus Vos
Nobody should be entirely defined by one thing — Lea Michele
Youâ€™re not weak. Your life is not defined by a letter grade, a dress size, your sexuality or anything else. You have every chance at… — Chris Colfer

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