Distinction Quotes

677 Distinction quotes by 540 unique authors

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction,… — Hannah Arendt
When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to… — Robert Bork
Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility. — Olympe de Gouges
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to… — Olympe de Gouges
People are not "things" to be manipulated, labeled, boxed, bought, and sold. Above all else, they are not "human resources." They are entire human beings,… — Dee Hock
The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public vote of… — Victoria Woodhull
If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose . . . the fact that they were the people who… — Ayn Rand
I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. — John Polkinghorne
For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and not hate the… — C.S. Lewis
Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Bravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you... I see it and know it, but I… — Miles Franklin
I find it difficult to say I'm black first and a woman second or vice versa. I can't make that kind of distinction. Amongst Aboriginal… — Pat O'Shane
The way to make better decisions is to make more of them. Then make sure you learn from each one, including those that don't seem… — Anthony Hopkins
Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed in public. — Hannah Arendt
The leading distinction of magnets is sex... The kind that is found in Troas is black, and of the female sex, and consequently destitute of… — Pliny the Elder
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed… — Henry David Thoreau
Let the revolting distinction of rich and poor disappear once and for all, the distinction of great and small, of masters and valets, of governors… — Francois-Noel Babeuf
I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade-or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men,… — Belva Ann Lockwood
When sex desire arises, one simply pays total attention to it, not judging, not saying this is good or bad not saying this is evil,… — Rajneesh
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be… — Gautama Buddha
So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we use this argument… — Peter Singer
We know less about the sexual life of little girls than of boys. But we need not feel ashamed of this distinction; after all, the… — Sigmund Freud
Experts in aging make a distinction between passive aging and purposeful aging. Successful, purposeful aging calls for continued involvement, relationships, discipline, and an attitude of… — George Sweeting
The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When like and dislike are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make… — Sengcan
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. — Sallust

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