"Construed as a means instead of an end,……" — Lewis H. Lapham

More Construed Quotes

This quote is filed under Construed Quotes, one of 35 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable… — Samuel Adams
• And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or… — Samuel Adams
• In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to… — Abraham Lincoln
• The days of the Mosaic creation are not to be strictly construed as implying the same length of time which… — William Buckland
• How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves… — Piero Ferrucci
• On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed… — Thomas Jefferson
• The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a… — Thomas Jefferson
• Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense.… — Thomas Jefferson
• What we lack is a basic willingness to see literature as providing some kind of necessary foundation. Our society still… — Gwee Li Sui
• Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our… — Marva Dawn
• Technology, including Zaadz, will allow us to evade the jerks far more than we could before. The technology-based social responsibility… — Michael Strong
• There is nothing in anything that I have ever written that could be reasonably construed as an incitement to violence… — Robert Spencer

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