Quotes with inclination

  • Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

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  • Samuel Johnson A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bill Hybels Adoration in prayer reminds us of God's identity and inclination. As we list his attributes, lifting up his character and personality, we reinforce our understanding of who he is.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Vikram Seth Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
    Vikram Seth
    Indian novelist and poet (1952 - )
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  • William Hazlitt Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Eustace Budgell Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
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  • Edmund Burke In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Sir Richard Steele It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.
    Sir Richard Steele
    British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor (1672 - 1729)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the inclination or the power to ascend the throne of the Bourbons.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Charles Baudelaire It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Samuel Johnson It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • Buzz Aldrin My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • James Joyce No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Carol Loomis Some managements do not even think of buybacks as an option. The idea of shrinking their equity base repels them. Their inclination instead is to get bigger, and this often leads them to pay rich prices for acquisitions that never earn their keep.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Taste may change, but inclination never.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Beth Henley That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • Brene Brown The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Arthur Seyss-Inquart The National Socialist Party in Austria never tried to hide its inclination for a greater Germany.
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