#constitute

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe. ↗

— Charles Eastman

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You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary? ↗

— Christoph Waltz

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Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

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If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

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The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

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What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find. ↗

— Francis Aungier

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Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

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If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he raises and the clothing that he makes constitute, in themselves, his income. This ceases to be true when trading begins. ↗

— John Bates Clark

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Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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