Imposed Quotes

410 quotes by 354 authors

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act… — Holbrook Jackson
History produces not only the forces of domination but also the forces of resistance that press up against and are often the objects of such… — Elizabeth Grosz
The power of theocrasy or exercise of government rule over the masses by a hierarchy of priests or adepts rested on its dual system of… — Edith Starr Miller
A new conception of life cannot be imposed on men; it can only be freely assimilated. And it can only be freely assimilated in two… — Leo Tolstoy
The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to put its hands… — George Washington
There are cases where the slave does not know his servitude and where it is necessary to bring the seed of his liberation to him… — Simone de Beauvoir
I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God… — Michael Newdow
That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe - a great office… — John F. Kennedy
The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of… — Joseph Story
Liberals are not about choice; they are about imposition. The way they live, the way they believe, must be imposed on people, otherwise they won't… — Rush Limbaugh
True negotiation takes place when each side respects the other, and their point of view, and enters into the discussion positively. If you are determined… — Tony Buzan
I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and wake up one… — Tim Lee
Privative appropriation and domination are thus originally imposed and felt as a positive right, but in the form of a negative universality. Valid for everyone,… — Raoul Vaneigem
...perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature, too. But I hold fast to one distinction. Apart from the fact that… — Sigmund Freud
The tyranny imposed on the soul by anger, or fear, or lust, or pain, or envy, or desire, I generally call 'injustice.' — Plato
In the world take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return. Give love, give help, give service, give any… — Swami Vivekananda
In a 91-part series of sob stories from the laid off and the disgruntled, The NY Times is in the midst of bemoaning 'the downsizing… — Rush Limbaugh
We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order… — Major Owens
We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia. — Angela Davis
One of many ways to be useful is to inspire people to forget some rules imposed by society. IMPORTANT rules are dictated by our hearts. — Paulo Coelho

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