Discourages Quotes

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The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous. — Richard Dawkins
We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin,… — Barack Obama
Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice. — John C. Maxwell
Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge. — Don Kardong
The marriage-based society...discourages all the competing alternatives to marriage. You can't have a marriage-based society and a social value of sexual freedom. They don't work… — Scott Lively
All corporatism â€“ even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea â€“ encourages inflexibility, discourages… — Margaret Thatcher
When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what… — Frederic Bastiat
The mounting burden of taxation not only undermines individual incentives to increased work and earnings, but in a score of ways discourages capital accumulation and… — Henry Hazlitt
Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry. — Steven Levitt
The Fed's low-interest policy not only encourages spending and borrowing, it discourages the one thing that best helps people raise themselves into higher economic classes… — Mark Thornton
Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. — George Mason
Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. — George Mason
The medicalization of early diagnosis not only hampers and discourages preventative health-care but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in the meantime as an… — Ivan Illich
Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own… — Nancy Pearcey
The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government. — Mark Skousen
Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that… — Ernest Istook
Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from… — Helen Fisher
Affliction hardens and discourages us because, like a red hot iron, it stamps the soul to its very depths with the scorn, the disgust, and… — Simone Weil
Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it." "Evvy and I have an understanding." She grabbed the teakettle and poured… — Tamora Pierce
My instinct was always have your gun in your hand. Especially when you are telling somebody to do something. But, in fact, the police academy… — Augusten Burroughs

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