Impose Quotes

405 Impose quotes by 345 unique authors

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide. — William Shakespeare
The world is not religious because religion is imposed upon us. The parents are in a hurry to impose; the church, the state, the country… — Rajneesh
The function of the true state is to impose the minimum restrictions and safeguard the maximum liberties of the people, and it never regards the… — Immanuel Kant
The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from… — Harry Browne
People who are very aware that they have more knowledge than the average person are often very unaware that they do not have one-tenth of… — Thomas Sowell
To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty… — John Stuart Mill
It is no more the function of government to impose a moral code than to impose a religious code. And for the same reason. — Robert Morrison MacIver
If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature. — Abraham Lincoln
In meditation take care not to impose anything on the mind, or to tax it. When you meditate there should be no effort to control,… — Sogyal Rinpoche
I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society. — Nelson Rockefeller
The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought… — Gilbert Highet
You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you begin spiritual practices… — Ramana Maharshi
This new enemy seeks to destroy our freedom and impose its views. We value life; the terrorists ruthlessly destroy it. We value education; the terrorists… — George W. Bush
Age is a limit we impose on ourselves. — Unknown Author
We repeat and again reaffirm that neither a State nor the Federal Government can constitutionally force a person 'to profess a belief or disbelief in… — Hugo Black
Regardless of whether or not you belong to a majority religion, in the United States you may not impose your theology on civil law. — Unknown Author
All humans are storytellers with their own unique point of view. When we understand this, we no longer feel the need to impose our story… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes… — Marquis de Sade
If the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) raises the hackles of the conspiracy theorists, the Bilderberg meetings must induce apocalyptic visions of omnipotent international bankers… — David Rockefeller
Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel. — H. L. Mencken
A cap and trade bill will likely increase the costs of electricity. . . . These costs will be passed on to the consumers. But… — Steven Chu
Technique in the minds of many is something rigid, something like a formula that you impose on the material; but in the best stories it… — Flannery O'Connor
Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that… — Margaret J. Wheatley
Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage. — Henry David Thoreau
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a… — Berenice Abbott

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