#absence

It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#allows #ballots #cancelled #cast #fraud

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#absence #confiscation #gold #gold standard #inflation

I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#child #contrary #difficult #director #disturbing

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. ↗

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

#belief #illusion #illusions #itself

In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for. ↗

— Elijah Wood

#fighting #love #nothing #worth

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood. ↗

— Elizabeth Ashley

#blood #does #fonder #grow #heart

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ↗