Imposed Quotes

410 quotes by 348 authors

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed… — Audre Lorde
The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns. — Marshall McLuhan
Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into smaller groups. — David Mitchell
For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and… — Henri Nouwen
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as… — Rand Paul
Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when Ronald Reagan cut marginal tax rates,… — Mike Pence
I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under the constraints imposed… — Steven Pinker
It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse… — Colin Powell
For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of… — Vladimir Putin
Through pro-growth policies, by abolishing Obamacare and eliminating other Obama-imposed impediments to economic growth, we will get our economy back on track. — Mitt Romney
Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending… — Karl Rove
There is a consensus of willing leaders from both parties coalescing around the right way forward in health care. Reform should address government-imposed inequities and… — Paul Ryan
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. — George Bernard Shaw
There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have allegiance imposed upon… — Lysander Spooner
In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed… — Tom Stoppard
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. — Dalton Trumbo
My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless. — Dionne Warwick
To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else. — David A. Bednar
Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him? — Anthony Burgess
The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the… — Herbert Marcuse

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