Permit Quotes

614 quotes by 485 authors

The only thing that permits us to acquiesce in an erroneous theory is the lack of a better one, analogously, an injustice is tolerable only… — John Rawls
The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it… — Rowan Williams
Realism is condemned by those artists whose poverty of technique does not permit them to express it. — Walter J. Phillips
Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective. We learn to… — Joan D. Chittister
We will by conscious command evolve cerebral centers which will permit us to use powers that we now are not even capable of imagining. — Frederick Tilney
Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of… — Ignatius Loyola
Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind — Theodore Roosevelt
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is… — Theodore Roosevelt
Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals to purchase a… — Theodore Roosevelt
Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter into… — Harold B. Lee
The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities. — Theodore Roosevelt
We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the… — Davy Crockett
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to… — Theodore Roosevelt
For men, it's absolutely essential to stop believing that they're superior to women because that very belief engenders ego, which sets them off-balance. Therefore, they… — Frederick Lenz
Love is the bridge that joins all the worlds together. Love permits us to see who and what we are. The only thing that will… — Frederick Lenz
Probably the institution of marriage had its origin in love of property. Both men and women were united in this--that whatever they loved best, they… — Henry Adams
The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is… — C.S. Lewis
Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other… — John F. Kennedy
I saw the charter as an expression of my long-held view that the subject of law must be the individual human being; the law must… — Pierre Trudeau
It appears then, that capitalist production comprises conditions independent of good or bad will, conditions which permit the working-class to enjoy that relative prosperity only… — Karl Marx

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