Perpetuity Quotes

37 Perpetuity quotes by 35 unique authors

We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that… — Abraham Lincoln
Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but when it comes it will… — John Flavel
Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice. — William Lloyd Garrison
It appears that all that can be, is. The Creator's hand does not appear to have been opened in order to give existence to a… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I… — Dan Castellaneta
Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite… — James Madison
Heterosexuality is a die-hard custom through which male-supremacist institutions insure their own perpetuity and control over us. Women are kept, maintained and contained through terror,… — Cheryl Clarke
Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice? Is there an instance, in the history of the… — William Lloyd Garrison
It boils down to studenthood-in-perpetuity / curiosity-in-perpetuity / applied fanatic restlessness. That is, a belief that life is ONE BIG LEARNING EXPERIENCE. Something mysterious happens… — Tom Peters
To this day, I enjoy nature, the luxury of undisturbed wilderness, forests, mountains, lakes, rivers and deserts and their wildlife. But I also know that… — Norman Borlaug
There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying, — that is… — Robert Owen
When you record for a label, they own that material in perpetuity, meaning that they can release, chose not to release , or repackage it… — Edgar Winter
To achieve true sustainability, we must reduce our "garbage index" - that which we permanently throw away into the environment that will not be naturally… — David Korten
Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind of precarious slime,… — Roger Caillois
The state incurs debts for politics, war, and other higher causes and 'progress'. . . . The assumption is that the future will honour this… — Jacob Burckhardt
It’s been easier to convince people to hand over half their income, their children to war, and their freedoms in perpetuity - than to engage… — Stefan Molyneux
The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race in… — E. O. Wilson
To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity,… — Marcus Allen
It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not… — Jim Talent
Man did not make the earth, and though he had a natural right to occupy it, he had no right to locate as his property… — Thomas Paine
We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy… — Bruce Babbitt
There is a construct in computer programming called 'the infinite loop' which enables a computer to do what no other physical machine can do -… — John Maeda
If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is… — Abraham Lincoln
The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine is nothing but war in perpetuity under the mask of peace. — Edgar Quinet
We Americans are not God's covenant people. America has, in any event, no biblical guarantee of perpetuity. — Carl F. H. Henry

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