#absence

In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#bound #clause #constitution #enforce #enforcement

The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#against #cause #discrimination #east #educational

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#america #court #criminal #get #hundreds

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#destroyed #friendship #increased #like #long

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#alternatives #clears #marvelously #mind

God is absence. God is the solitude of man. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#god #man #solitude

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#bright #delicate #good #influence #keep

In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while. ↗

— George Grosz

#discharged #few #free #free man #given

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#criticism #freedom #greatest #greatest threat #threat

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#absence #afraid #brave #brave man #conquers