#denial

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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One picture is worth 1,000 denials. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

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Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial. ↗

— Betty Ford

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Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. ↗

— Charles Bradlaugh

#better #denial #free #free speech #speech

What state do you live in? Denial. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#humor #humor

When you are in a hole, stop digging! ↗

— Bill McKibben

#climate-change-denial #climate-crisis #climate-denial #change