#refusal

A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed. ↗

— Alexander Chase

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Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

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Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. ↗

— Annie Besant

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Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is. ↗

— Herbert Kaufman

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Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. ↗

— Jane Austen

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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce. ↗

— Joseph Hume

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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

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In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. ↗

— John Reed

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Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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