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Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be.

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They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.

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The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns.

- Brock Yates Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction.

- Laurent Fabius Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It is too risky to have a substitute like him. You never know what he is up to next. We have advised him many times to stay cool. However, he usually acts on the contrary.

- Asif Bajwa Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser. And as soon as you see a finer morality, the grosser becomes relatively immoral.

- D.H. Lawrence Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

- Peter Straub Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Relativism is not indifference on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.

- Karel Capek Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Let me say at the outset, I am in favor of a strong dollar, ... I cannot believe that anyone would think to the contrary.

- Paul O'Neill Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

- D.H. Lawrence Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs.

- Rudolf Arnheim Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I want a performance-oriented government that produces results, ... That's contrary to a government based on sound bites and images.

- Bill White Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

This shows the extreme contradictions of the American policy in the region and indicates that it is only looking after its own national interests, which are completely contrary to the interests of other countries.

- Talat Masood Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see.

- Jack Handy Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.

- Hannah Arendt Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We see inflation rearing its head across the board. Contrary to what a lot of people have been saying, it's not just energy.

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It was a regrettable incident and is contrary to any of our established procedures at HR Block. Confidentiality of customer information is our No. 1 priority.

- Denise Sposato Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We think there is a strong contrary message, ... at a record pace across nearly the entire industry.

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It is one I deeply regret. I dealt with this issue in October 2003, fully and completely. Everything that I have done all along in this process has been for the purpose of aiding and supporting the work of the 911 commission and any suggestion to the contrary is simply, absolutely wrong.

- Sandy Berger Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

These gentle historians, on the contrary, dip their pens in nothing but the milk of human kindness.

- Edmund Burke Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

State and some federal officials have been consistently denying there are any significant risks from the toxic mud that has spread across the city. The data they themselves have collected show that, to the contrary, there are significant risks from arsenic and toxic chemicals that have blanketed much of New Orleans.

- Erik Olson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

- Albert Camus Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Freedom of expression cannot be the freedom to lie. The prophet did not found a terrorist religion, but on the contrary a religion of peace.

- Dalil Boubakeur Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The focus of confusion is that, since the ICI does not represent shareholders, we must somehow be contrary to their interests. But at the ICI, we believe fund management companies' interests must be aligned with those of shareholders.

- John Collins Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Those who have passed away must be in a happier state than those living. How we have been so self-centered as to think primarily in terms of the contrary.

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