Demand Quotes
2397 quotes by 1748 authors
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Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.
— Thomas Aquinas
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I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will…
— Louis Aragon
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[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand, and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and unable to get…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend to…
— Alan Greenspan
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So let us take our fair share of the true refugees and act responsible as a government in providing for their necessary expenses. Let us…
— Alan K. Simpson
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The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its…
— John Peter Altgeld
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After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like…
— Sivananda Radha Saraswati
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If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is possible. An honest and competent…
— George Gaylord Simpson
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No engineer can go upon a new work and not find something peculiar, that will demand his careful reflection, and the deliberate consideration of any…
— John B. Jervis
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Think hard about the reasons for believing and not believing, what your religion teaches you and demands so inexorably that you believe. I am convinced…
— Jean Meslier
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Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions.... Under these provisions, the country in which the crimes…
— Kathleen Brown
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To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to their creation?
— Josh Charles
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If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He has so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He…
— Gene Roddenberry
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Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and apparatus almost decisive in their…
— Winston Churchill
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Believers must persevere in prayer that they may see clearly their own pitiful state and understand the indwelling, working, and demands of the Holy Spirit.
— Watchman Nee
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I don't support an amnesty.(Cornyn) demands an ongoing focus on security and workplace enforcement before considering steps to grant legal status, let alone citizenship.
— John Cornyn
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Because a person chooses to leave their home country and come to the United States does not necessarily mean they have the right to demand…
— Jeff Sessions
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The hatred of the youth culture for adult society is not a disinterested judgement but a terror-ridden refusal to be hooked into the, if you…
— Midge Decter
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