#proving

I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

#add #apostle #argument #contradiction #contrary

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles. ↗

— Simone Weil

#blame #encourage #fear #kill #killers

The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket. ↗

— Venus Williams

#hang #i #improving #racket #up

But that is a valid, continuing service that that music - which is, in some cases, 80 or 90 years old - is rendering. And proving its own timelessness. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#continuing #music #old #own #proving

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#amending #continual #deeds #defending #democracy

I think each one of us has committed to improving. ↗

— Jimmy Haynes

#each #i #i think #improving #think

To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#dissent #district- #love

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! ↗

— Jane Austen

#come #how #like #quick #reasons

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#first #ground #ideas #important #magazines

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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