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Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.
by Thomas B. Macaulay (Historian, English , born in 1800) topics: Politics keywords: down, fit, fool, free, freedom, go, habit, had, into, laying, learned, many, maxim, old, ought, politicians, proposition, resolved, self-evident, story, swim, their, till, use, water , worthy The proposition that we should encourage wickedness and violence by exposing one side of the face to blows because we have been beaten on the other is too great an absurdity.
by Thomas Mellon (Businessman, American , born in 1813) keywords: absurdity, beaten, because, been, blows, encourage, exposing, face, great, other, proposition, should, side, too, violence , wickedness Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.
by George Michael (Musician, British , born in 1963) keywords: actually, aimed, americans, bigotry, bill, democratic, especially, every, fact, groups, indefinitely, minority, political, prolong, proposition, system, too, vote, where , your When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.
by Wentworth Miller (Actor, English , born in 1972) keywords: acting, college, friends, going, got, law, proposition, risky, school, seemed, street, suddenly, very, wall , were Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future.
by Alberto Moravia (Novelist, Italian , born in 1907) keywords: absolute, based, becomes, custodian, customs, each, future, generation, ideals, inheritance, laws, obligation, our, owner, pass, proposition, rather, resources, should, than , turn Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.
by Grace Napolitano (Politician, American , born in 1936) keywords: afford, because, cannot, converts, experience, fluctuation, great, into, investments, many, market, net, own, proposition, recognize, risks, risky, safety, security, social, take , takes The system becomes logically closed when each of the logical implications which can be derived from any one proposition within the system finds its statement in another proposition in the same system.
by Talcott Parsons (Sociologist, American , born in 1902) keywords: another, any, becomes, closed, derived, each, finds, implications, logical, logically, proposition, same, statement, system, which , within Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what's on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don't buy industrial meat.
by Michael Pollan (Educator , American) keywords: animals, buy, eating, go, hides, how, industrial, know, live, made, meat, now, proposition, regard, risky, slaughter, somewhat, supermarket, their , those History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security.
by Phyllis Schlafly (Activist, American , born in 1924) keywords: assignment, combat, evidence, history, improve, jobs, military, national, offers, promote, proposition, readiness, security, wars, way, win , women One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.
by Nassau William Senior (Economist, English , born in 1790) keywords: admission, affording, any, errors, except, general, government, interfere, proposition, protection, purpose, right, worst , would The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as maintained by others, seems to me purely imaginary, and of course the supposed equilibrium of those classes a mere conceit.
by William H. Seward (Statesman, American , born in 1801) keywords: classes, classification, conceit, course, equilibrium, established, free, imaginary, insisted, into, maintained, mere, northern, others, proposition, purely, seems, slave, some, southern, states, supposed , those If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.
by Dean Smith (Athlete, American , born in 1931) keywords: dead, death, every, game, going, life, lot, make, problems, proposition , thing Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago.
by George Soros (Businessman, Hungarian , born in 1930) keywords: ago, already, ballot, being, could, day, discourse, election, elevated, fact, happens, imagined, marijuana, matter, mere, policy, proposition, public, ways, winner , year Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.
by Gertrude Stein (Author, American , born in 1874) keywords: air, any, argument, believing, breathe, cannot, defending, given, help, other, proposition , side I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
by Adlai E. Stevenson (Politician, American , born in 1970) keywords: been, democrats, friends, lies, make, proposition, republican, stop, telling, them, thinking, truth, will , would