"That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by……" — Thomas Stearns Eliot
"That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention."
More Advocated Quotes
- Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the… — Tony Campolo
- If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I… — Frederick Douglass
- I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. — Ulysses S. Grant
- To avoid the necessity of a permanent debt and its inevitable consequences, I have advocated and endeavored to carry into… — Martin Van Buren
- It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property,… — Ayn Rand
- Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. — Ronald Reagan
- The only antidote to dangerous ideas is strong alternatives vigorously advocated. — Lawrence Summers
- For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness. — Oprah Winfrey
- As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve… — Nicolaas Bloembergen
- The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest… — Thomas Jefferson
- This economic boycott is our means of self-defense. President Roosevelt has advocated its use in the National Recovery Administration. — Samuel Untermyer
- I am not a terrorist, but neither am I a pacifist. I am simply a regular guy from the Palestinian… — Marwan Barghouti