#necessary

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

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Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group. ↗

— Harold Evans

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The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#any #citizens #duty #enjoyment #exercise

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

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It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#condition #human #human mind #mind #necessary

I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most. ↗

— Annie Besant

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