Inducements Quotes

12 quotes by 11 authors

A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and there… — James Madison
The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature… — George Washington
[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and… — James Madison
[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away… — Benjamin Franklin
Faith is rest, not toil. It is the giving up all the former weary efforts to do or feel something good, in order to induce… — Horatius Bonar
In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants. — William H. Wharton
What more fiendish proof of cosmic irresponsibility than a Nature which, having invented sex as a way to mix genes, then permits to arise, amid… — John Updike
The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and… — John Stuart Mill
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices… — Seneca the Younger
If the colleges were better, if they ... had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which become talents,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and alarms cast the… — Robert Louis Stevenson
If you will thank me '' he replied let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force… — Jane Austen

Who Wrote These Inducements Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 12 Inducements Quotes as follows: