“REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.” LastsDesireConditionsAbsolutesScalesDenialFeminineRefusalDescendingFinality Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“Only a law-order which holds to the primacy of God's law can bring forth true freedom, freedom for justice, truth, and godly life. Freedom as an absolute is simply an assertion of man's "right" to be his own god; this means a radical denial of God's law-order. "Freedom" thus is another name for the claim by man to divinity and autonomy. It means that man becomes his own absolute.” MenMeanLawOrderNamesJusticeClaimsAbsolutesRadicalDenialDivinityGodlyAutonomyAssertionTrue FreedomPrimacyJustice TruthGodly Life Author:R.J. Rushdoony
“The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most vile murder does not, in my view, release the state from constitutional restraint on the destruction of human dignity.” HumansPersonsDoeStatesHumanityHuman BeingsViewsDignityDestructionMurderAbsolutesKillingReleaseDenialRestraintDeath PenaltyHuman Dignity Author:William J. Brennan
“The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.” PeopleCapacityVoteAbsolutesDenialVotingAdequateOhioRight To Vote Author:Carol Moseley Braun
“An important aspect of the Eurasian worldview is an absolute denial of Western civilization. In the opinion of the Eurasians, the West with its ideology of liberalism is an absolute evil.” ImportantEvilOpinionCivilizationAspectAbsolutesWestWesternIdeologyDenialLiberalismWorldviewWestern Civilization Author:Aleksandr Dugin