Imposed Quotes

410 quotes by 355 authors

The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not… — Mikhail Bakunin
I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids. — Antonio Banderas
The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of… — John Berger
In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds. — David Blaine
Socialism appeals to me. It's like imposed Christianity. You've got to share. — Lewis Black
It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist… — Judith Butler
In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable. — Kirk Cameron
Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it… — Tony Campolo
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons. — Tony Campolo
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on… — Benjamin Carson
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on… — John Henrik Clarke
According to an old French motto, Noblesse oblige - one must live up to one's name. The Rothschilds' condition of life has imposed on them… — Guy de Rothschild
Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on… — Norman Podhoretz
I want a world without war. War never works it just kills. I want my children to never have to have a close contact with… — Ana Martin
When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt my feelings) for… — Thomas Paine
We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in our property if,… — John Dickinson
To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God. — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp… — Eleanor Perenyi

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