Stifle Quotes
113 quotes by 102 authors
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Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.
— Honore de Balzac
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As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations…
— Bob Beauprez
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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would…
— John Stuart Mill
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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to…
— Madame de Stael
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There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to…
— Claude Debussy
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Maternity is on the face of it an unsociable experience. The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone…
— Emily James Smith Putnam
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Historically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control.
— Hugh Jackman
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A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.
— Confucius
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Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding,…
— Uta Hagen
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I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a…
— John F. Kennedy
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Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work…
— Ronald Reagan
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It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which…
— Ronald Reagan
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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
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The kind of environment that we developed Google in, the reason that we were able to develop a search engine, is the web was so…
— Sergey Brin
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One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in…
— William O. Douglas
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For many, love is a two-sided coin. It can strengthen or stifle, expand or enfeeble, perfect or pauperize. When love is returned, we soar. We…
— Colleen Houck
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History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A…
— Glenn Greenwald
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... Sometimes, we try to stifle that fact or hide it, ... But the profound, and ultimately most important, reality is that we are not…
— Joe Lieberman
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While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is particularly troublesome for…
— Stephen Nathanson
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No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and marginalized who bear…
— Glenn Greenwald
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