Pretext Quotes

122 quotes by 110 authors

Tyrants seldom want pretexts. — Edmund Burke
She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day… — Kate Chopin
Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another. — Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the… — James Madison
'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded. — Friedrich August von Hayek
What is meant by charity? Charity is not fundamental. It is really helping on the misery of the world, not eradicating it. One looks for… — Swami Vivekananda
Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the structures of schooling… — John Taylor Gatto
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime... — Lord Acton
Not to open the hunting season on the pretext that there is no game would be as if one gave up celebrating Christmas because there… — Maurice Grimaud
We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another. — Saint Basil
The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near future right-wingers will… — William S. Burroughs
The legal toleration of abortion or of euthanasia can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of others, precisely because… — Pope John Paul II
I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only the… — Vladimir Putin
They knew only too well the intimate bond which unites faith with worship, 'the law of belief with the law of prayer,' and so, under… — Pope Leo XIII
I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only… — Alexander Hamilton
The real danger we face is not from terrorism but what is being done under the pretext of fighting it. — Michael Pare
Everything ends this way in France â€” everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs â€” everything is a pretext for a good dinner. — Jean Anouilh
Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it.… — Ernest Renan
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct… — Frederic Bastiat

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