#convictions

I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice! ↗

— Mother Jones

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Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering? ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character. ↗

— James Stockdale

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It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent. On the contrary, teachings can be either taken or dismissed; whereas voting is the only thing the average person can do to force everyone to live how they would prefer. A simple vote is among the largest yet most acceptable forms of bigotry, and that is because people play the card only when they feel that in doing so it conveniences themselves. ↗

— Criss Jami

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I don't believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people. ↗

— Jeb Bush

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. ↗

— John Ciardi

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Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man and nature, the latter insofar as they are based on the relations between nature and God. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

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Follow your honest convictions and be strong. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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