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«When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.»
Author: Dorothy Thompson
| Keywords:
be restored, by default, default, recovered, relinquished, relinquishing, restored, voluntarily
«Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant or enemy, must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves»
«The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.»
Author: Elbert Hubbard
| Keywords:
edification, hoot, hooted, hooting, hoots, later on, nurse, pathologist, relax, trained, trained nurse, voluntarily
«The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
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Iraq, Iraq and, Iraq In, obligations, prefers, the United States, United States, voluntarily
«The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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«Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Thought
| Keywords:
avenues, Open and, voluntarily
«To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
comforts, die away, negligence, pilgrimage, pilgrimages, The Pilgrimage, throw away, voluntarily, weary
«Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.»
Author: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
accepting, A level, involuntary, No Control, voluntarily
«The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.»
Author: William S. Burroughs
| Keywords:
cops, establishment, flower pot, flower power, fostered, nonviolence, The Establishment, voluntarily
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