Mitigating Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for the mariner's guidance… — Richard Owen
I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded that there are… — Ujjwal Nikam
Can nine billion people be fed? Can we cope with the demands in the future on water? Can we provide enough energy? Can we do… — John Beddington
The introduction of a substantial Government transfer tax on all transactions might prove the most serviceable reform available,with a view to mitigating the predominance of… — John Maynard Keynes
We live in a world of transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true; though happily for human nature, gleamings… — James F. Cooper
It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair. — Mariella Frostrup
Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we… — Majora Carter
...we have got to deal with increased demand for energy, increased demand for food, increased demand for water, and we've got to do that while… — John Beddington
The ever increasing intensity of despair depends upon the degree of consciousness or is proportionate to this increase: the greater the degree of consciousness, the… — Soren Kierkegaard
To carry the spirit of peace into war is a weak and cruel policy. When an extreme case calls for that remedy which is in… — Thomas B. Macaulay
While its [Harvard's] undergraduate life was still controlled [in 1908-1912] by a select group of rich and fashionable families whose sons merely arrived when they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
It is difficult to think of anything more important than providing the best education possible for our children. They will develop the next technologies, medical… — Sam Harris
Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and predator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating… — Frank Herbert
There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there entirely… — Terry Pratchett
Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other words, context) can… — Nick Hornby
I plead youth as a mitigating circumstance. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
So you see, the quality of humor is not a personal or a national monopoly. It's as free as salvation, and, I am afraid, far… — Mark Twain
All human beings are inherently good, so when someone goes off the rails, there must be some mitigating factor - he was bullied, was a… — Ray Comfort

Who Wrote These Mitigating Quotes

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