“Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.” BelieveCountryWholeLawNationsCitiesPracticeWifeConsequenceEuropeConnectionsTownsVillageFearfulForbiddenAdulteryPolygamyUnlawfulCity And Country Author:Orson Pratt
“In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes. I fear to see the consequences of the Court's practice of substituting its own concepts of decency and fundamental justice for the language of the Bill of Rights as its point of departure in interpreting and enforcing that Bill of Rights.” PeopleWellsLongMightLawPurposeLanguageNationsLosesJusticeLibertyPracticeRightsJudgmentConceptsConsequenceConstitutionFundamentalsBillsCourtProtectionDevicesDecencyDepartureBill Of RightsInterpreting Author:Hugo Black
“The core practice of magic is: The execution of a willed intent to create change in the material world, which either defies, hastens or purifies the consequences of natural cause and effect.” WorldCausesNaturalPracticeMagicEffectsMaterialsConsequenceCoreExecutionCause And EffectMaterial World Author:Zeena Schreck
“Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from those rules, is consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.” MayCompanyPrinciplesPracticeDangerousCapableConsequenceGainsTradeExtraordinaryOccasionsStrictBankingSpeculationFlatteringStrict Rules Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“Constants are widely known for the detestable practice of changing their values; we should prepare ourselves against the consequences of such fickleness” ShouldValuesKnownPracticeConsequence Author:Bertrand Meyer
“I'm trying to understand how do we tell lies to ourselves to justify what we've done and what are the consequences of those lies? But actually maybe I also recognize that in turning empathy into a practice for many years, by turning, by forcing myself to separate at some level the humanity of a human being from his or her actions and recognizing that sometimes, even the moral aspects of a human being can contribute to immoral behavior.” TryingYearsHumansSometimesDoneActionLyingHumanityHuman BeingsLevelsMoralPracticeBehaviorEmpathyConsequenceAspectJustifyRecognizingImmoral Author:Joshua Oppenheimer
“I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing in the security markets and business world which, while devoid of short term predictive value, bother me as to possible long term consequences.” WorldLongValuesCoursesTermEffortPracticeSecurityPeriodsConsequenceBotherLong TermShort TermBusiness World Author:Warren Buffett
“I would include non-medical sex selection as one of those practices that I think is morally questionable and that can carry adverse social consequences.” ThinkingSocialSexPracticeConsequenceMedicalSelectionAdverseQuestionable Author:Michael Sandel
“Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism.” BelieveStatesEnoughAmericaLawFightingInterestPracticeTrumpRepublicanConsequenceIllTerrorismCoreIslamicLaw EnforcementEnforcementInterventionLibyaNational InterestsIslamic StateIslamic Terrorism Author:Tom Cotton
“Well, of course there’s my own experience of being mutilated as a little child. Having gone through this cruel practice and all the long-term consequences that come with it, I just cannot sit back and watch it being done to thousands of little girls every year. I believe that it is my responsibility to use the attention I get to fight against the continuing practice of FGM.” YearsBelieveWellsChildrenLittlesLongDoneUseGirlFightingCoursesI BelieveTermMy OwnAttentionResponsibilityWatchesPracticeGoneConsequenceFemaleLong TermContinuingBeing DoneMutilation Author:Waris Dirie
“The frequency of disastrous consequences in compound fracture, contrasted with the complete immunity from danger to life or limb in simple fracture, is one of the most striking as well as melancholy facts in surgical practice.” WellsFactsScienceSimplePracticeDangerConsequenceTreatmentMelancholyLimbsFrequencyCompoundsImmunityFracture Author:Joseph Lister
“Capitalism is in crisis both morally, due to widening disparities of income and wealth and disclosures of abusive practices, and ecologically, due to its refusal to make business adjustments in accounting procedures that pass the consequences of emissions to the public and the future.” WealthPracticeCapitalismConsequenceCrisisDuesIncomeProceduresRefusalAdjustmentEmissionsAccountingAbusiveDisparityDisclosure Author:Richard A. Falk
“[Pascal] was the first and perhaps is still the most effective voice to be raised in warning of the consequences of the enthronement of the human ego in contradistinction to the cross, symbolizing the ego's immolation. How beautiful it all seemed at the time of the Enlightenment, that man triumphant would bring to pass that earthly paradise whose groves of academe would ensure the realization forever of peace, plenty, and beatitude in practice. But what a nightmare of wars, famines, and folly was to result therefrom.” MenFirstsHumansStillsWarBeautifulVoiceResultsPracticeForeverEgoEnlightenmentConsequenceCrossesRaisedRealizationPlentyParadiseFollyNightmareWarningFamineTriumphantGrovePascal Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried on deviant behavior in private, but pridefully displayed it in public. It was those with moral values who could no longer freely walk in a public park without having to witness a revolting display. What happened to the public censors who protected the majority of citizenry from moral decadence? Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency? Did freedom mean anyone could do anything they wanted anytime they wanted, without consequences?” MenMeanIdeasWantedValuesNamesWalksCommonMoralPracticeRightsHappenedCitizensBehaviorConsequenceMajorityWitnessParksRomeDisplayProtectedDecencyFoulDecadenceCommon ManMoral ValuesCitizenryDeviantsCommon Decency Author:Francine Rivers