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62 quotes by 60 authors

In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to ward… — John Hancock
If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is speech." In the… — Robert Kennedy
I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an… — Charlotte Bronte
Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable.… — Laurie Halse Anderson
First, she wanted to taste the sweat that shone on his throat and fragile clavicle; then he chose to undo the tails of her shirt,… — John Crowley
The next week she withheld my paycheck until I signed a document (drafted by David) in which I promised not to marry Connor. Ever. I… — Lisa Lutz
Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn sick, crazy and… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Love can do all but raise the Dead I doubt if even that From such a giant were withheld Were flesh equivalent But love is… — Emily Dickinson
It is significant that, as innocent babies are killed, and capital punishment is withheld from their murderers, the same men who plead for the murderer's… — R.J. Rushdoony
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few… — Nicholas D. Kristof
It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of human experience have… — Helen Keller
If knowledge is power, clandestine knowledge is power squared; it can be withheld, exchanged, and leveraged. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in which… — James G. Stavridis
Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was… — Henry Rollins
The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are… — James Stephens
I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people. — Nancy Pelosi
In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld. — Charles Keating
The report of this made me exceedingly angry, for I could not see why information which a middle-class woman could get from her doctor should… — Dora Russell
If you love someone, you protect them in mind and body. Do not hurt their feelings and inner self with needless information that could be… — Kemmy Nola
On J-Day our profession will have a lot to answer for! We might at least have withheld our hands instead of making them work against… — Martin H Fischer

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