#deny

It means that the men who hold the means of life control our lives, and, because we workingmen have tried to get some measure of justice, some measure of betterment, they deny the right of the human being to associate with his fellow. ↗

— James Larkin

#because #being #betterment #control #deny

The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#dark side #deny #more #more power #over

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#deserve #freedom #others #themselves #those

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#any #arisen #assessment #because #calm

If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it. ↗

— Paul Martin

#deny #forward #protect #right #step

As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#being scared #craziness #deny #enjoy #explain

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#be happy #becoming #causes #consider #denying

The left-leaning thinking that dominates the movie business follows a common liberal instinct to deny the spiritual dimension to every problem, thereby profoundly compounding the difficulties. ↗

— Michael Medved

#common #compounding #deny #difficulties #dimension

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other. ↗

— Henry Miller

#been #death #defeat #deny #inevitably

Usually that's going into biology in a certain way. There's certain strengths and weaknesses to both of the sexes. And I'm not against employing those nor am I against denying those, what I am looking for is a very large array of options. ↗

— Mark Morris

#am #array #biology #both #certain