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Demand Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- [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…
- There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one…
- For they (capitalists) hold as their chief heresy, in a coarser form, the fundamental falsehood that things are not made to be used but made…
More Demand Quotes
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. — Red Auerbach
- Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in… — Roger Babson
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand… — Honore de Balzac
- Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac
- Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually… — Albert Bandura
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams