#refusing

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from. ↗

— Jose Marti

#contribute #created #evil #free #human

The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#avoid #believe #guilt #led #pays

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ↗

— Plato

#being #end #governed #inferiors #participate

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#believe #correct #historically #i #i believe

Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States. ↗

— Anna Louise Strong

#character #check #china #diplomatic #everybody

Single |sin•gle| (adjective) - Too fabulous to settle. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-single #fabulous #loving-yourself #not-settling #positive-thinking

When you refuse to settle for less than the best...the best tends to track you down. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#knowing-your-worth #life #living-your-best #not-settling #positive-thinking

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#go #let go #life #our #precious

Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#fascism #future #itself #new #new order

Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to eliminate from the record by refusing all requests for permission to reprint them, and I hope I have done a good job of making them hard to unearth. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#did #done #eliminate #four #good