#refusing

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

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

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

— Rowan Williams

#go #let go #life #our #precious

You know some people are all about talk. I'm about results. Every victory, every conservative victory, I've had, I've had to bleed and fight to accomplish it, always adhering to our conservative principles, and refusing to take no for an answer. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#accomplish #adhering #always #answer #bleed

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier. ↗

— Edith Evans

#artist #down #hard #her #justified

To Mr. Seward: It is my desire that, in case Maximillian will surrender, he be sent here a prisoner of war, but that in the event of his continuing the war, or refusing to surrender, then he be shot. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

#continuing #desire #event #here #his

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful. ↗

— Ric Ocasek

#chance #help #helpful #need #refusing

At a time when the GOP is playing games with the debt limit, a member of the Supreme Court is refusing to recuse himself from matters he has a financial interest in, and middle class incomes are stagnant, many want to change the subject. I don't. This was a prank, and a silly one. I'm focused on my work. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#class #court #debt #debt limit #financial

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. ↗

— Leigh Hunt

#everything #famous #nothing #others #people

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#decision #learning #making #refusing #search