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“From the ethical point of view, no one can escape responsibility with the excuse that he is only an individual, on whom the fate of the world does not depend. Not only can this not be known objectively for certain, because it is always possible that it will depend precisely on the individual, but this kind of thinking is also made impossible by the very essence of ethics, by conscience and the sense of responsibility.”

Thinking World Kind Doe Made Certain Individual Views Responsibility Known Fate Impossible Depends Ethics Conscience Essence Excuse Point Of View Ethical Sense Of Responsibility

Author:Gyorgy Lukacs

“The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.”

May War Sometimes Nations Fate Position Depends Fortresses

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what it means to be a human being.”

Humans Mean Helping Stories Action Choices Human Beings Fate Risk Depends Dare Italian

Book:Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

Source: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

“It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence.”

Universe Individual Existence Clear Fate Depends Corners Novelists Bureaucracy

Author:Edna O'Brien

“The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.”

Dies Millions Fate Depends Army Conquer Resolve Founding Unborn Our Founding Fathers Us Founding Fathers Wretchedness

Author:George Washington

“There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems to prtend great things; it is the value which we unconsciously attach to ourselves; it is the quality which wins us deference of others; more than birth, position, or ability, it gives us ascendance.”

Life Giving Doe Seems Form Success Values Winning Ability Quality Fate Air Position Depends Birth Great Things Success In Life Eminence Deference

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril.”

People Men Nations Leader Fate He Man Depends Army Peril Arbiter

Book:Strategy Six Pack

Source: Strategy Six Pack

“Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.”

“Fate of empires depends on the education of youth”

Fate Youth Depends Educational Empires Value Of Education Great Empires Classical Education

Author:Aristotle

“In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is not simply a matter of seat belts, safe toys, safe air, water and food, additive-free baby foods, or improved television programming. These are all important issues, but to stop here is to forget that today's children will soon be adults. Technological decisions made today will determine, perhaps irrevocably, the kind of physical and social world we bequeath them and the kind of people they become.”

Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure

“The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.”

May Important Ability Fate Depends Ought Equal Kingdoms Command Chiefs Stations Possessed Commanders Commander In Chief Admiral

Book:Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)

Source: Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)

“The fate of the African continent does not f-ing depend on a load of f-ing musicians in Hyde Park singing f-ing s-t songs to kids.”

Doe Kids Song Fate Depends Musician Singing Parks Load Continents Hyde African Continent Hyde Park

Author:Noel Gallagher

“Triumph depends on a roll of Fate's dice; the ultimate prize is a place in Heaven.”

Heaven Fate Depends Ultimate Triumph Prize Dice

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.”

People Hands Government Choices Principles Democracy Fate Depends Authority Tradition Opposites Absolutes Restraint Sovereignty Absolute Power Legality

Author:Lord Acton

“It's important that the disparities in the living conditions cannot be allowed in this digital period to be too marked. Each and every one must be given an opportunity to participate, which is why Germany's fate in many ways depends on the firmness of its alliance with NATO, with the European Union.”

Way Important Opportunity Given Fate Conditions Depends Periods Unions Germany Digital Alliances European Union Nato Disparity Firmness Living Conditions

Author:Angela Merkel

“The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.”

World Destiny Fate Mankind Depends Civilization Standards Humanitarian Decent Providing Standards Of Living

Book:Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad

Source: Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad

“Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives.”

World May Sometimes Fate Depends Murder Monsters Torture Detectives Valkyrie Cain

Author:Derek Landy

“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.”

Has Beens Art Faith Education Fate Mankind Youth Depends Educational Convinced Empires Governing Famous Inspirational Value Of Education Education For All Great Empires Classical Education

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

“From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.”