Permissible Quotes

59 quotes by 55 authors

There could conceivably be circumstances in which an experiment on an animal stands to reduce suffering so much that it would be permissible to carry… — Peter Singer
Why is one view permissible and the other criminally barred-other than because the force of law is being used to control political discourse and one… — Glenn Greenwald
Studying the martial Way is like climbing a cliff: keep going forward without rest. Resting is not permissible because it causes recessions to old adages… — Mas Oyama
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to… — Barry Goldwater
If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional… — William O. Douglas
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die. — Mencius
Ordinary love is mere animal attraction. Otherwise why is the distinction between the sexes? If one kneels before an image, it is dreadful idolatry; but… — Swami Vivekananda
It will be my earnest aim that The New York Times give the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that… — Adolph Ochs
Knowledge is a matter of science and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse - honesty and modesty. — Mao Zedong
My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at… — Garrison Keillor
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method of achieving the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
A faith in culture is as bad as a faith in religion; both expressions imply a turning away from those very things which culture and… — C.S. Lewis
I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're… — William Least Heat-Moon
Evidently there are plenty of people in journalism who have neither got what they liked nor quite grown to like what they get. They write… — Claud Cockburn
By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and… — John Cornyn
Since when do grown men and women, who presume to hold high government office and exercise what they think of as "moral leadership," require ethics… — Meg Greenfield
When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another. — Sol LeWitt
In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.' — Criss Jami
Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible. — Charles Krauthammer

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