#indispensable

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

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Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

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Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

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America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

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One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

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An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life. ↗

— Ouida

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Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing. ↗

— James Harvey Robinson

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Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. ↗

— Bill Kristol

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