Imposed Upon Quotes

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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 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
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
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
It must be a peace without victory...Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted… — Woodrow Wilson
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
Be light-hearted, light-footed. Be of light step. Don't carry religion like a burden. And don't expect religion to be a teaching; it is not. It… — Rajneesh
Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period… — Charles Evans Hughes
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from… — Edward Sapir
Nature . . . is inexorable and immutable; she never transgresses the laws imposed upon her, nor cares a whit whether her abstruse reasons and… — Galileo Galilei
Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust after imposing creeds, imposing deeds, imposing buildings, imposing language, imposing works… — D. H. Lawrence
America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned, envied, feared, imposed… — Edna Ferber
It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the… — Charles Babbage
Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you're doing. You have to be… — Renzo Piano
The success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special role that history… — Thomas Berry
Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi
The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this… — John Trudell
When we believe or say we have been offended, we usually mean we feel insulted, mistreated, snubbed, or disrespected. And certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and… — David A. Bednar
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that… — Georges Bernanos

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