William O. Douglas Quotes
Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.William O. Douglas
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Suffering turns men towards their creator.
Ramana Maharshi -
I had a bad conscience until I discovered that having a bad conscience about something so gravely serious as leaving your children is an affectation, a way of achieving a little suffering that can't for a moment be equal to the suffering you've caused.
Ingmar Bergman -
I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
Naguib Mahfouz -
Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
Laura Ingalls Wilder -
I am passionate about human rights.
Hannah Simone -
Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
Aaron McGruder
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
Harri Holkeri -
A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.
Adam Cohen -
First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
Jack Kevorkian -
It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.
Mahmoud Abbas -
I was in college in the '60s, and the whole feminist movement had swept me up.
Laura Schlessinger -
Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
Isaac Hanson Hanson
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In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things.
E. Stanley Jones -
Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
Sam Harris -
Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.
Pamela Stephenson -
There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.
H. G. Wells -
Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.
Carl Jung -
The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.
Yair Lapid
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The Lakers have been nothing but great to me, and I want to keep the relationship great.
Lamar Odom -
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public . . . Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy.
William Osler -
I hope I retain the appetite to find new things to stimulate me, whether that's travel or finding new interests. I'll always go out and enjoy nature and the countryside, because it's a big part of my life.
Nigel Pearson -
Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
Kate Reardon -
Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.
William O. Douglas