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“My case was wrongfully decided and has caused great harm to the women and children of our nation.”

Children Nations Cases Decided Harm Abortion

Author:Norma McCorvey

“Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you.”

Has Beens Done Leader Army Harm Greek Injury Ancestor Asia Greece Macedonia

Author:Alexander the Great

“Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers.”

Ifs Doe Reason Suffering Differences Kings Army Harm Punishment Greek Tyrants Kill Me Messengers Barbarians

Author:Alexander the Great

“The vast majority of Airmen we train are going to be somewhere in harm's way within the next year or two. It is up to us to impart to them the talent and skill they need to accomplish their mission in a world-class fashion and at the same time make sure we get them back safely to the families that love them.”

World Way Needs Years Two Next Class Talent Military Fashion Skills Majority Train Accomplish Missions Harm Next Year Impart World Class Airmen

Author:William R. Looney III

“Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.”

Men Wells War Peace Animal Party Ideals Harm Feds Lions Anti War Antiwar Sects

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the world's best player. It is all about trying to be the best. I will keep working hard to achieve it but it is within my capabilities.”

World Inspirational Trying Hard Dream Sports Player Achieve Becoming Harm Being The Best Capability Inspirational Sports Best Players

Author:Cristiano Ronaldo

“I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.”

Way I Can Able Strong Harm I Have Learned Bullets

Author:Margaret Cho

“The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he can afflict our bodies with misfortune and harm. Hence it comes that he often breaks men's necks or drives them to insanity, drowns some, and incites many to commit suicide, and to many other terrible calamities. Therefore there is nothing for us to do upon earth but to pray against this arch enemy without ceasing. For unless God preserved us, we would not be safe from him even for an hour.”

Men Body Earth Hours Enemy Break Our Lives Praying Terrible Safe Devil Suicide Harm Commit Insanity Necks Liars Misfortunes Murderer Suicidal Calamity Arches

Author:Martin Luther

“The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good. The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible. So far I have been able to accomplish that, and I believe I have gotten quite a reputation from not kicking at peculiar assignments.”

Way Believe Has Beens Done Able I Believe Deals Army Ill Accomplish Harm Profession Reputation Peculiar Publicity Kicking Assignments Untrue

Author:George S. Patton

“Leave people to their opinions and judgements. They cannot harm you; it is their understanding that is faulty, not yours.”

People Life Understanding Opinion Harm Judgement

Author:Leon Brown

“My words of encouragement for teen girls suffering with eating disorders, self-harm, anything... is to get help. It's the most important thing you can do for yourself, and it can change your life and potentially save your life.”

Important Self Helping Suffering Girl Can Do Eating Encouragement Important Things Harm Ass Disorder Bad Ass Changing Your Life Eating Disorder Words Of Encouragement Self Harm

Author:Demi Lovato

“Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life and that to destroy, harm, or to hinder life is evil. Affirmation of the world - that is affirmation of the will to live, which appears in phenomenal forms all around me - is only possible for me in that I give myself out for other life.”

“If somebody's gonna smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody else any harm, then perhaps there are other things that our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems that we have in society.”

Ifs Should Trying Country Problem Law House Clean Harm Smoke Appropriate Marijuana Cop Law Enforcement Enforcement Joints

Author:Sarah Palin

“True evangelical faith, cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those that harm it, it binds up that which is wounded, it has become all things to all creatures.”

Lying Faith Religious Poverty Becoming Comfort Creatures Clothes All Things Harm Hungry Naked Shelter Wounded Feeding Comforting Evangelical Dormant Clergymen Sorrowful Destitute

Author:Menno Simons

“Gossip harms relationships and that's why it's bad. While we all do it at times, there's a point where it crosses the line and becomes bullying if it damages friendships and causes people to dislike someone.”

People Ifs Causes Lines Crosses Harm Damage Gossip Bullying Dislike Dislike Someone

Author:Rachel Simmons

“Women singly do a good deal of harm. Women in bulk are chastening.”

Deals Shame Guilt Harm

Book:The Colby essays ...

Source: The Colby essays ...

“Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.”

Men Motivational Wise Fool Harm

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The one is irrevocable, the other is, as termed by men, impending. To the former all must unreservedly submit, inasmuch as it is fixed and settled. God however, is able to alter or repeal it. As the harm that must result from such a change will be greater than if the decree had remained unaltered, all, therefore, should willingly acquiesce in what God hath willed and confidently abide by the same.”

Ifs Men Should Kind Two Book Able Results Greater Fate Holy Harm Accepted Former Fixed Related Submit Sovereign Decree Irrevocable Predestination Holy Books

Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the sun continues; and if the mirror is destroyed or ceases to exist, no harm will happen to the bounty of the sun, which is everlasting. This spirit has the power of discovery; it encompasses all things.”

Ifs Humans Book Body Happens Spirit Break Sun Holy Discovery All Things Mirrors Harm Cease Destroyed Nevertheless Everlasting Human Spirit Bounty Holy Books

Author:Abdu'l-Bahá

“My faith plays a big part in my life. And when I was answering that question what I was really saying to the person was that I pray a lot. And I do. And my faith is a very, it's very personal. I pray for strength. I pray for wisdom. I pray for our troops in harm's way. I pray for my family. I pray for my little girls.”

Way Littles Persons Play Bigs Faith Girl Praying My Family Harm Troops I Pray Our Troops

Author:George W. Bush

“There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.”

Mad Oneself Harm Psychological Sane Madmen Being Mad

Author:Denis Diderot

“Ideas and principles that do harm are as a rule, though not always, cloaks for evil passions.”

Ideas Passion Evil Principles Harm Cloaks

Book:Unpopular Essays

Source: Unpopular Essays

“Losing touch with spirit does nothing to the field of creativity, which is beyond harm; but it can do much to damage a person's chance in life.”

Persons Doe Spirit Can Do Chance Creativity Fields Losing Harm Damage Chances In Life

Book:The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success For Parents: Guiding your Children to success and Fulfilment

Source: The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success For Parents: Guiding your Children to success and Fulfilment

“Before we put an American in harm's way, tell us why. No one wants to see the region descend into further chaos. There's a lot of concern about getting embroiled in another Vietnam and ... about sending American troops once again to fight someone else's war.”

Way Want War Fighting Military Concern Chaos Iraq Harm Regions Vietnam Troops American Troops

Author:Xavier Becerra

“Our society does reward beauty on the outside over health on the inside. Women must not be blamed for choosing short-term beauty "fixes" that harm our long-term health, since our life spans are inverted under the beauty myth, and there is no great social or economic incentive for women to live a long time.”

Long Doe Social Term Our Lives Economic Long Time Rewards Harm Myth Long Term Our Society Makeup Incentives Short Term Life Span Inverted Beauty Myth

Author:Naomi Wolf

“If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.”

Ifs Littles Art Awareness Masters Circumstances Harm Thee Thyself

Author:Martin Farquhar Tupper

“[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea. I'm very fond of it. It's done you no harm. Please don't attack it." That's not the way it goes. The hard but just rule is that if the ideas don't work, you must throw them away. Don't waste any neurons on what doesn't work. Devote those neurons to new ideas that better explain the data. Valid criticism is doing you a favor.”

Ifs Way Ideas Hard Done Science Waiting Minutes Please Waste Criticism Scientist Critics Harm Favors Likes Data Good Ideas New Ideas Favour Doing You Neurons

Author:Carl Sagan

“The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.”

War Courses Natural Enemy Principles Harm Stratagem

Book:The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated): The Entire Opus of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall and many more

Source: The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated): The Entire Opus of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall and many more

“That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good.”

Doe Harm Deception Deceiving

Author:Philibert Joseph Roux

“Meditation means a state of unconditioned mind. Meditation is the process of undoing the harm that every society goes on doing to every individual - communist or Catholic, Jaina or Jew, it does not matter. I am not talking about any particular conditioning that is wrong; I am saying conditioning AS SUCH is wrong.”

Mind Mean Doe Matter States Individual Process Talking Meditation Society Particular Goes On Catholic Jew Harm Communist Conditioning Not Talking Undoing

Author:Rajneesh

“Out of your awareness you cannot become soldiers in a war because you will be able to see, with clear eyes, that you are going to kill people - people who have done no harm to you personally, people just like you. They have their children, their wives, their mothers, their old fathers to take care of - and you are killing the person just to get a gold medal. Your gun will slip out of your hand, and that will be an act of awareness. And you will feel tremendously blissful that it happened; even if you are being shot your death will be a glory, a peace, an adventure, a journey into a new world.”

“Refraining from harm, not out of fear, but out of concern for others, their well-being and out of respect is non-violence.”

Wells Violence Honesty Concern Harm Well Being Non Violence Concern For Others

Author:Dalai Lama

“Hush little baby, Dont you cry, Dont cut your arms, Dont say goodbye. Put down that razor, Put down that light, It maybe hard but, You'll win this fight.”

Littles Hard Light Fighting Winning Cutting Cry Baby Arms Harm Goodbye Saying Goodbye Razors Hush Self Harm

Author:Emily Giffin

“What censorship accomplishes, creating an unreal and hypocritical mythology, fomenting an attraction for forbidden fruit, inhibiting the creative minds among us and fostering an illicit trade. Above all, it curtails the right of the individual, be he creator or consumer, to satisfy his intellect and his interest without harm. In our law-rooted society, we are not the keeper of our brother's morals - only of his rights.”

“The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.”

Knows Children Real Mother Individual Grows Easy Holy Husband Summer Angel Wings Privilege Harm Awakening Imaginary Threatened Isle Fluttering Idolized

Book:The Awakening

Source: The Awakening

“So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.”

Thinking Long Acting Courage Duty Conviction Harm Indifference Indifferent Taunting

Book:The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches

Source: The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches

“The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.”

Country Law Numbers Liberty Growing Violence Crime Elements Harm Libertarian Libertarianism Owing

Author:P.D. Ouspensky

“You have heard of the new chemical nomenclature endeavored to be introduced by Lavoisier, Fourcroy, &c. Other chemists of this country, of equal note, reject it, and prove in my opinion that it is premature, insufficient and false. These latter are joined by the British chemists; and upon the whole, I think the new nomenclature will be rejected, after doing more harm than good. There are some good publications in it, which must be translated into the ordinary chemical language before they will be useful.”

“[The] great fairy Science, who is likely to be queen of all the fairies for many a year to come, can only do you good, and never do you harm.”

Years Science Accounts Harm Queens Fairy

Book:The Water Babies

Source: The Water Babies

“There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with a false theory and then sees everything as making it come true is the most dangerous enemy of human reason.”

Humans Reason Science Enemy Dangerous Events Theory Fit Harm Theorists Human Reason

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search for truth. So it does more harm than good.”

Giving Doe Helping Use Truth Science Logic Foundation Errors Notion Harm Stability Search For Truth

Book:The Great Instauration

Source: The Great Instauration

“My opinion is, that more harm than good is done by physicians; and I am convinced, that, had I left my patients to nature, instead of prescribing drugs, more would have been saved.”

Has Beens Done Science Left Nature Natural Opinion Drug Medicine Patient Harm Convinced Saved Physicians Prescribing

Author:Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

“I don't think there's any harm at all in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is a very destructive thing indeed.”

People Thinking Facts Kids Wise Witty Harm Destructive Allowing

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.”

Men Believe War Law Politics Wish Work Chance Economy Rich Hard Work Equal Labor Don't Believe Harm Liberalism Propose Get Rich Labor Laws

Book:Lincoln on Democracy

Source: Lincoln on Democracy

“I hated tobacco. I could have almost lent my support to any institution that had for its object the putting of tobacco smokers to death...I now feel that smoking in moderation is a comfortable and laudable practice, and is productive of good. There is no more harm in a pipe than in a cup of tea. You may poison yourself by drinking too much green tea, and kill yourself by eating too many beefsteaks. For my part, I consider that tobacco, in moderation, is a sweetener and equalizer of the temper.”

“What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church ... a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.”

Ifs Men Christian Lying Religion Strong Church Accepting Atheism Sake Harm Helpful Christian Church

Author:Martin Luther

“The teachings of Christianity - from vicarious redemption to the love of enemies, no thought for the morrow need be taken, that no thrift or care or family or society or solidarity is necessary - these are immoral teachings that have done and continue to inflict untold moral and physical harm on our species. And until we outgrow this nonsense, we have no chance of emancipating ourselves.”

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Author:Christopher Hitchens

“I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many people do simply awful things out of sincere religious belief, not using religion as a cover the way that Saddam Hussein may have done, but really because they believe that this is what God wants them to do, going all the way back to Abraham being willing to sacrifice Isaac because God told him to do that. Putting God ahead of humanity is a terrible thing.”

“Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put them in self-danger of coming to mental harm, being unable to cope with the idea of a godless, purposeless life.”

People Ifs Ideas Self Certain Religion Wish Process Atheism Danger Harm Fulfillment Unconscious

Author:Sigmund Freud

“Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think either that the other's pain may somehow be a cause of happiness for themselves or that their own happiness is more important, regardless of what pain it may cause. But this is shortsighted. No one truly benefits from causing harm to another sentient being. . . . . In the long run causing others misery and infringing their rights to peace and happiness result in anxiety, fear, and suspicion within oneself.”