#causes

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. ↗

— Plato

#change #direction #excess #generally #governments

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. ↗

— Plato

#causes #direction #excessive #increase #opposite

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#dominion #else #fate #final #god

Evil events from evil causes spring. ↗

— Aristophanes

#events #evil #spring

We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes some of the cigarette smoking on television. ↗

— Gerald McRaney

#bad guy #before #belts #car #causes

The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level. ↗

— Ric Keller

#already #also #assets #because #been

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#adversity #break #causes #men #others

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#across #boundaries #causes #communication #fear

We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation. ↗

— Jon Voight

#become #becoming #causes #default #freedoms

I've come to the conclusion that a man without a cause is nothing. He has nothing to look forward to, he has nothing to work toward; he is as a man lost, wandering in the darkest part of his heart to find a deeper, better purpose in his life. ↗

— Hazel B. West

#lost-faith #purpose #faith