#characterize

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. ↗

— Louis Mumford

#death #destruction #form #misery #mutilation

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. ↗

— William Safire

#attack #characterize #choice #critics #current

I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were also used by other intelligence services; adopting also means like pressure, money, sex - but that did not characterize my service. ↗

— Markus Wolf

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The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at. ↗

— Simone Weil

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The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. ↗

— Max Weber

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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic. ↗

— Imre Lakatos

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Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

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I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

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We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#characterize #civil #civil liberties #democracy #fear