Necessary Quotes

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[All phenomena] are equally susceptible of being calculated, and all that is necessary, to reduce the whole of nature to laws similar to those which… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on… — Unknown Author
Man needs color to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water. — Fernand Leger
It's not necessary to blow out your neighbor's light to let your own shine. — M R DeHaan
We really have no definition of mother in our law books. Mother was believed to have been so basic that no definition was deemed necessary. — Unknown Author
It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything. — Rene Coty
Free discussion is the only necessary Constitution - the only necessary Law of the Constitution. — Richard Carlile
[Statists] believe that government should make decisions for individuals. Since individuals usually prefer to make their own decisions, coercion and compulsion become necessary correctives. — Theodore J. Forstmann
There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary… — Daniel Bernoulli
Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless. Every significant movement… — Leonard Read
In my estimation it was obvious that Jansky had made a fundamental and very important discovery. Furthermore, he had exploited it to the limit of… — Unknown Author
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity… — James Hutton
Unanimity of opinion may be fitting for a church, for the frightened or greedy victims of some (ancient, or modern) myth, or for the weak… — Paul Feyerabend
I spend money on war because it is necessary, but to spend it on science, that is pleasant to me. This object costs no tears;… — George III
[Young] was afterwards accustomed to say, that at no period of his life was he particularly fond of repeating experiments, or even of very frequently… — Unknown Author
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast," and is as necessary to life as the act of breathing. — Lewis Howard Latimer
For strictly scientific or technological purposes all this is irrelevant. On a pragmatic view, as on a religious view, theory and concepts are held in… — Unknown Author
I do not think that G. H. Hardy was talking nonsense when he insisted that the mathematician was discovering rather than creating, nor was it… — Brand Blanshard
In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of… — Joel Barlow
Nothing serves life and soundness of body so well, nor is so necessary as the smoke of the royal plant, tobacco. — Unknown Author
Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil. — Sydney J. Harris
We assert that integrity (the condition of being whole and complete) is a necessary condition for workability, and that the resultant level of workability determines… — Werner Erhard
THE TEACHER AS A NECESSARY EVIL. Let us have as few people as possible between the productive minds and the hungry and recipient minds! The… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard… — Mahatma Gandhi
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some… — Immanuel Kant

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