Vicious Quotes

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A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Government ought to be as much open to improvement as anything which appertains to man, instead of which it has been monopolized from age to… — Thomas Paine
We are in the grip of a scientific materialism, caught in a vicious cycle where our security today seems to depend on regimentation and weapons… — Charles Lindbergh
It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet we… — Thomas Jefferson
Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war...… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Addiction is craving fulfillment from something that cannot provide fulfillment. In this sense it is not different than the basic mechanism of ignorance that keeps… — Deepak Chopra
The Bully has a Jekyll and Hyde nature - is vile, vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front of witnesses; no-one… — Tim Field
All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many, that addiction cannot… — Richard G. Scott
The plague of pornography is swirling about us as never before. Pornography brings a vicious wake of immorality, broken homes, and broken lives. Pornography will… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The belief in eternal torment, still subscribed to by fundamentalist Christian denominations, undoubtedly ranks as the most vicious and reprehensible doctrine of classical Christianity. It… — George H. Smith
He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind. — William Shakespeare
Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him. I will fight to see that vicious beast go down into the late… — Louis Farrakhan
When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly involved in this… — Simone Weil
Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than… — James Surowiecki
Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing, they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and revenge. — Euripides
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many conflicts… — Mary Robinson
No duty is more imperative for the government than the duty it ;owes the people to furnish them with a sound and uniform currency, an… — Abraham Lincoln
I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let Belgravia go laughing… — D. H. Lawrence
Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced . . .… — Carlton J. H. Hayes

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