"As a linguist, I see the arbitrariness of……" — John McWhorter

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• Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general… — Pope Benedict XVI
• The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• The choice of euthanasia becomes more serious when it takes the form of a murder committed by others on a… — Pope John Paul II
• ...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others… — Peter Singer
• I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness… — Harry A. Blackmun
• If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not… — Confucius
• To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before… — Eric Hoffer
• Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are. The old fairy tales contain… — Emma Thompson
• The Americans speak so much about freedom in their sermons. Freedom as a possession is a doubtful thing for a… — Eric Metaxas
• It was both odd and unjust, a real example of pitiful arbitrariness of existance, that you were born into a… — Daniel Kehlmann
• Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith,… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
• Sacredness binds people together, and then blinds them to the arbitrariness of the practice. — Jonathan Haidt

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