Imposition Quotes

67 quotes by 63 authors

If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences and arguments on… — Orson Pratt
The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use… — George Washington
By its attempt to regulate and govern the private businesses, which are miscalled public accommodations in the bill, this proposal would inject the Government into… — Strom Thurmond
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a Western or Northern… — Vaclav Havel
The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and unwelcome change. The… — Paramahansa Yogananda
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
Sometimes I think that it is enough to say that if we don't sit down and shut up once in a while we'll lose our… — Joan Baez
Where there is love, there is no imposition. — Albert Einstein
An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition. — Nestor Kirchner
Design is the conscious imposition of meaningful order. — Jonah Lehrer
But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has become rampant in recent years. — Bill Condon
Poetry is the least imposition on silence in a world of chatter. — Marvin Bell
What does this contradictory pattern mean?one conclusion seems inevitable: when it comes to work, people do not heed the evidence of their senses. They disregard… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of… — Robert Kagan
Four things have almost invariably followed the imposition of controls to keep prices below the level they would reach under supply and demand in a… — Thomas Sowell
If we admit instrumental musick in the worship of God, how can we resist the imposition of all the instruments used among the ancient Jews?â€”yea,… — Cotton Mather
The world is not yet finished, but everyone is behaving as if everything was known. This is not true. In fact, the computer world as… — Ted Nelson
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear… — Chris Hedges
Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror. — Amartya Sen

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