Improper Quotes

74 quotes by 65 authors

The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by… — Benjamin Rush
He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it. — George Bernard Shaw
To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and… — James Madison
Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts of legislation. No… — James Madison
The defect of power in the existing confederacy, to regulate the commerce between its several members is in the number of those which have been… — James Madison
A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to any… — Alexander Hamilton
It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject falling within the… — James Madison
The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is the effect of scarcity; oneâ€™s rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper. — Mohsin Hamid
Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good, by… — Gautama Buddha
It is a just retribution for improper sexual misconduct — Mother Teresa
The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity. — George Washington
I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the Jews. Whoops! Sorry… — Alan Dershowitz
Medicines cannot drug away the cellular defects that develop in response to improper nutrition throughout life. — Joel Fuhrman
Improper breathing is a common cause of ill health. — Andrew Weil
Whereas Nature does not admit of more than three dimensions ... it may justly seem very improper to talk of a solid ... drawn into… — John Wallis
Sexual excitability is increased and leads to hasty engagements, marriages by the newspaper, improper love-adventures, conspicuous behavior, fondness for dress, on the other hand to… — Emil Kraepelin
The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,… — William Blackstone
Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps… — Charles Evans Hughes
Pride of one's work is not improper, unladylike, or vain. We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands… — Mary Alice

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