#capable

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#defying #great #great virtues #his #keeping

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

#any #because #giving #giving up #incapable

Over the years you encounter just about every kind of crime. It doesn't harden you, but you become capable of reporting on just about anything human beings can do. However, any time we're dealing with the murder of a child it is always difficult. ↗

— Catherine Crier

#always #any #anything #become #beings

The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused them to favor and to seek some form of political organization which was capable of protecting their property and promoting its interest. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#behind #capable #citizens #favor #federalism

Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#boy #boy scout #capable #i #living

The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably. ↗

— Susan Davis

#brave #capable #iraq #performed #served

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well. ↗

— Yvonne Strahovski

#i #intelligent #into #life #like

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi. ↗

— Ben Elton

#collection #conversation #even #holding #natural

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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