#measure

There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

#been #censorship #could #even #general

If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium. ↗

— Abdelaziz Bouteflika

#born #centuries #civilizations #decades #ideologies

The House passage of our bill is a victory for this country! Common sense wins out. I'm just so thrilled and excited. The sale of guns must stop. Halfway measures are not enough. ↗

— Sarah Brady

#common #common sense #country #enough #excited

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention. ↗

— Clifton Paul Fadiman

#discuss #friends #friendship #longer #measure

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#art #come #emotion #into #measure

You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat! ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#bigger #body #burn #calories #exercise

Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#affirmative #affirmative action #been #blacks #culture

By adopting the other trade, we place ourselves by the side of those whose measures tend not only to the improvement of their own subjects, but to the emancipation of the slave everywhere. ↗

— Henry Charles Carey

#emancipation #everywhere #improvement #measures #only

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#both #character #civil #concerning #considerably

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement. ↗

— Willa Cather

#could #creation #desire #element #foretell