“The strength of the claims of formal justice, of obedience to system, clearly depend upon the substantive justice of institutions and the possibilities of their reform.” JusticePossibilityDependsClaimsInstitutionsReformObedienceFormal Book:A Theory of Justice Source: A Theory of Justice
“The very existence of society depends on the fact that every member of it tacitly admits he is not the exclusive possessor of himself, and that he admits the claim of the polity of which he forms a part, to act, to some extent, as his master.” FactsGovernmentFormPoliticsExistenceSocietyMastersDependsMembersClaimsExclusive Author:Thomas Huxley
“If you do not understand what God's present claims over you are, you may depend upon it that as days of testing come on you will not be able to keep your footing.” IfsMayAbleChristianDependsClaimsOver YouAfflictionTesting Author:George Wigram
“None of us can claim to be fair and square in love - and I'm definitely not a hypocrite! Humans are built to evolve with time. It depends on the nature of the relationship you share with a person. It is there today, tomorrow it may be gone; c'est la vie.” HumansMayPersonsTodayGoneShareDependsTomorrowBuiltFairsClaimsEvolveSquaresHypocrite Author:Randeep Hooda
“Dickens didn't have access to any other epistemologies other than those prevailing in Britain. But a novelist today cannot plausibly claim ignorance of his society's manifold connections with the wider world, the fact that prosperity and security at home, for instance, often depend on extensive violence and exploitation abroad.” WorldFactsHomeTodayViolenceSecurityIgnoranceDependsConnectionsClaimsProsperityAccessInstanceNovelistsBritainExploitationPrevailingDickensEpistemologyManifold Author:Pankaj Mishra
“No matter what I preach or what we claim to believe in our heads, the future will depend upon our times of prayer.” BelieveMatterTimeBeliefReligiousPrayerDependsFutureClaimsNo Matter WhatOur TimePreacherPreachingDependence Author:Jim Cymbala
“I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.” ThinkingWorldMadeReasonUseAgeWomenFreedomDependsClaimsEqualityGenderCommandWomens RightsSuperiority Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“Again: there is nothing inherently superior about resistance. All our claims for the righteousness of resistance rest on the rightness of the claim that the resisters are acting in the name of justice. And the justice of the cause does not depend on, and is not enhanced by, the virtue of those who make the assertion. It depends first and last on the truth of a description of a state of affairs that is, truly, unjust and unnecessary.” FirstsDoeStatesLastsNamesCausesJusticeActingVirtueDependsClaimsAffairResistanceSuperiorsDescriptionRighteousnessUnnecessaryUnjustAssertionFirsts And Lasts Book:At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
“No, My son, the evolutionists are not right. I created all of this-all of this-in the blink of an eye; in one holy instant-just as the creationists have said. And...it came about through a process of evolution taking billions and billions of what you call years, just as the evolutionists claim. They are both "right." As the cosmonauts discovered, it all depends on how you look at it.” YearsLooksSaidEyeSpiritualityProcessSonDependsEvolutionHolyClaimsBillionsInstantMy SonBlinkBlink Of An Eye Author:Neale Donald Walsch