#sequences

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

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This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#consequences #heroic #me #ordinary #ordinary people

I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#consequences #contraception #cover #dire #does

I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

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The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction. ↗

— Tim Holden

#confront #consequences #examine #forces #holocaust

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#only #punishments #rewards

We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences. ↗

— Arthur Seyss-Inquart

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Consequences are unpitying. ↗

— George Eliot

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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