Uncompromising Quotes

58 Uncompromising quotes by 52 unique authors

The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions.... We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of… — Barry Goldwater
Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did… — John Sergeant Wise
Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams. — Woodrow Wilson
It will be easier for you to bring him around to where you want him more by gentleness and patience than by being too uncompromising. — Vincent de Paul
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as… — John Paul Stevens
If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become. — Andre Gide
We can be satisfied with moderate confidence in ourselves and with a moderately good opinion of ourselves, but the faith we have in a holy… — Eric Hoffer
Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it… — Karel Capek
My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job. — Carey Mulligan
In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter. — James Mark Baldwin
I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and… — Vince Cable
Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad,… — Manny Farber
The tragedy of all political action is that some problems have no solution; none of the alternatives are intellectually consistent or morally uncompromising; and whatever… — James Joll
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than… — Eric Hoffer
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will… — William Lloyd Garrison
It's fair to say that, by 'X-Men 3,' Wolverine had gone a little soft, and I agree with them there. What fans love about Wolverine… — Hugh Jackman
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces… — Malcolm X
I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic. — Billy Sunday
The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety and uncompromising divergences… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Every love relationship rests on an unwritten agreement unthinkingly concluded by the lovers in the first weeks of their love. They are still in a… — Milan Kundera
[Y]ou can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil. — Tim O'Brien
The idea, therefore, that religious faith is somehow a sacred human convention—distinguished, as it is, both by the extravagance of its claims and by the… — Sam Harris
We think of mortality so little these days... I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising tombstones. Remember, pilgrim,… — Tana French

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