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refusal
«Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd»
«There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.»
«Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.»
Author: Fran Lebowitz
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
algebra, assure, In Real Life, real life, refusal, stand firm
«Perhaps that is what love is: the momentary or prolonged refusal to think of another person in terms of power»
Author: Phyllis Rose
| About:
Love
| Keywords:
in terms of, momentary, prolonged, refusal, Refusals, terms
«There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war»
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
| About:
Civilization,
History,
Tyranny,
War
| Keywords:
aggression, historic, imperfect, inheritance, refusal, situations
«REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor; a valuable franchise to a rich corporation, by an alderman; absolution to an impenitent king, by a priest, and so forth. Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
absolution, alderman, franchise, graded, impenitent, maiden, refusal, Refusals, suitor, suitors, tentative
«The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green light for government violence. Refusal to resort to force has been interpreted by the government as an invitat»
Author: Nelson Mandela
(Statesman)
| About:
Government,
Peace,
Violence
| Keywords:
green light, interpreted, non violent, peacefulness, policies, refusal, resort, resort to