#necessary

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#absolutely #anybody #anything #bad #be true

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#betray #country #either #electorate #i

If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels. ↗

— Bart Gordon

#country #dependency #dispense #distribute #foreign

A "sin" is something which is not necessary. ↗

— George Gurdjieff

#sin #something #which

I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum. ↗

— A. P. Herbert

#i #i am #must #necessary #party

I think the Commissioner is taking the steps necessary to give the game back to the players and the fans and hopefully take the league to the next level. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#commissioner #fans #game #give #hopefully

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#art #give #like #philosophy #rather

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them. ↗

— Aristotle Onassis

#business #make #necessary #others #see

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics. ↗

— Chris Patten

#am #baggage #bit #britain #carried

By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them. ↗

— David Ricardo

#alone #any #bestow #country #desire