#deny

In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#also #assets #countries #denying #enjoying

To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

#badly #both #course #credit #denying

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#even #god #him #public #public support

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#body #deny #deprive #him #his

If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#anyone #caught #chaotic #concern #deny

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#bush #deny #different #different reasons #hussein

What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self? ↗

— William Law

#could #deny #different #man #self

I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#believe #deny #i #i am #i believe

I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#cynics #deny #here #i #i think

Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation. ↗

— Claude Levi-Strauss

#adult #both #child #consolation #culprit