Necessity Quotes

1320 Necessity quotes by 894 unique authors

I have discovered in a lifetime of traveling in primitive regions, a lifetime of seeing people living in the wilderness and using it, that there… — Sigurd F. Olson
Some say they are not bound by the doctrine which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and… — Pope Pius XII
This earth is not our home. We are away at school, trying to master the lessons of "the great plan of happiness" so we can… — Bruce C. Hafen
The department of home economics was organized to train a woman in efficiency and to develop her outlook to life. Such a department is a… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
In my view, after fifty years of service in the United National system, I perceive the utmost urgency and absolute necessity for proper Earth government.… — Robert Muller
The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions or opinions, and… — Charles Dickens
It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead… — Benjamin Tucker
It is in this mutual dependence of the functions and the aid which they reciprocally lend one another that are founded the laws which determine… — Georges Cuvier
In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and spirit, especially for… — Pope Benedict XVI
Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention. — Jonathan Sacks
(The difficulty over the question of eternal torments lies in) how it is irreconcilable with the Goodness of God, to put any Persons at all… — Samuel Clarke
In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is… — Brenda Ueland
My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the… — Martin Van Buren
The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular. — George Santayana
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice… — John Ruskin
To attach full confidence to an institution of this nature, it appears to be an essential ingredient in its structure, that it shall be under… — Alexander Hamilton
As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to… — Alexander Hamilton
These examples, though as unfit for the imitation, as they are repugnant to the genius of America, are notwithstanding . . . very instructive proofs… — James Madison
It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a… — James Madison
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but… — Calvin Coolidge

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