#undertake

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#american citizens #citizens #happiness #involve #moods

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey. ↗

— Alex Noble

#continues #journey #place #rather #spirit

Taking command of HMS Portland is definitely the highlight of my 16 years in the Navy. It is a challenge that I am fully trained for and ready to undertake. ↗

— Sarah West

#challenge #command #definitely #fully #highlight

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#delays #discouraging #granting #investment #investors

I take office during the most difficult moment in the country's recent history. The country can be saved - it's up to us. I think it is obvious for those who support this government to undertake the commitment and ensure that our country's euro membership is not endangered. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#country #difficult #difficult moment #during #endangered

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake. ↗

— Bennie Thompson

#battle #course #into #men #men and women

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#creating #engaged #finds #himself #soon

As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world. ↗

— Nathan Meyer Rothschild

#advantage #any #brothers #cause #compete

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#contrary #essays #his #i #i write