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“MacKinnon's treatment of the central issue of pornography as she herself poses it - the harm that pornography does to women - is shockingly causal. Much of her evidence is anecdotal, and in a nation of 260 Million people, anecdotes are a weak form of evidence.”

People Doe Government Form Nations Millions Issues Evidence Weak Harm Treatment Pornography Anecdotes

Author:Richard Posner

“Today government touches everything in America and harms almost everything it touches. Federal, state, and local governments together spend 42 out of every 100 dollars we earn. Those who do the taxing and spending have long since ceased to work for the people as a whole. Rather, they work for themselves and for their clients-the education industry, the welfare culture, public-employee unions, etc.”

People Long States Whole Government Today Together America Culture Industry Dollars Unions Spending Harm Locals Welfare Employee Etc Clients Local Government

Author:Malcolm Wallop

“Those who today murdered our people in an ambush not only plotted to murder some Jews but intended to provoke us... The Arabs stand to gain from such a development. They want the country to be in a state of perpetual pogrom.... Any further bloodshed [by the Jews] will only bring political advantage to the Arabs and harm us... Our strength is in the defense... and this strength will give us political victory if England and the world will know that we are defending ourselves rather than attacking.”

“But responsibility likewise falls on the legislators who have promoted and approved abortion laws, and, to the extent that they have a say in the matter, on the administrators of the health-care centers where abortions are performed. In this sense abortion goes beyond the responsibility of individuals and beyond the harm done to them, and takes on a distinctly social dimension. It is a most serious wound inflicted on society and its culture by the very people who ought to be societys promoters and defenders.”

“When a parliamentary or social majority decrees that it is legal, at least under certain conditions, to kill unborn human life, is it not really making a tyrannical decision with regard to the weakest and most defenseless of human beings?....While public authority can sometimes choose not to put a stop to something which were it prohibited would cause more serious harm, it can never presume to legitimize as a right of individuals even if they are the majority of the members of society an offense against other persons caused by the disregard of so fundamental a right as the right to life.”

“They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.”

Hours Perfect Morning Eight Harm Reporters Midnight Apprentice

Book:Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

Source: Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels

“The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes.”

Stills Use Purpose Courses Technology Balance Harm Strikes Consumers Spy Benign Misused

Author:Cliff Stearns

“Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.”

Kind Reality Justice Philosophical Harm Compact Epicureanism

Author:Epicurus

“How is Marxist-Leninist theory to be linked with the practice of the Chinese revolution? To use a common expression, it is by "shooting the arrow at the target". As the arrow is to the target, so is Marxism-Leninism to the Chinese revolution. Some comrades, however, are "shooting without a target", shooting at random, and such people are liable to harm the revolution.”

Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works

“Unfortunately, they develop a fixed mindset that they're the most talented, and they think that continued success is a right. Problems arise because pure talent only works as long as the going is easy. Furthermore, they don't take risks because failure would harm their image of being the best, brightest, and most talented. When they do fail, they deny it or attribute it to anything but their shortcomings.”

Thinking Long Problem Success Easy Business Failing Risk Talent Pure Deny Mindset Harm Arise Fixed Being The Best Attributes Shortcomings Continued Success

Author:Guy Kawasaki

“Thou hast not half that power to do me harm As I have to be hurt.”

Hurt Half Power Harm

Author:William Shakespeare

“Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.”

World Needs Government Harm Providence Schemes Interfere Miscellaneous

Book:The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin

Source: The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin

“It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings a hundred harms and not a single gain.”

Effort Half Hundred Gains Harm Introduction Hearted Great Effort Half Hearted Lean Manufacturing

Author:Taiichi Ohno

“We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created.”

Way War Born Iraq Harm Civil War Stability Tyrants Loved Ones Dilemma Instability Moral Dilemma

Author:Jay Rockefeller

“I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a tennis court. . . But that experience at the slaughterhouse overwhelmed me. When I walked out of there, I knew I would never again harm an animal! I knew all the physiological, economic, and ecological arguments supporting vegetarianism, but it was firsthand experience of man's cruelty to animals that laid the real groundwork for my commitment to vegetarianism.”

Source: Peter Burwash's Vegetarian Primer

“One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more”

Harm Injured Vegetarianism

Author:Akkineni Nagarjuna

“If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner”

Ifs Persons Doe Spiritual Causes Harm Vegetarianism

Author:Gautama Buddha

“. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a little diffident about mine. But there is no harm done; I hope you will soon be over this slight jealousy and be convinced that nothing can change the genuine affection Our Lord has given me for you”

Littles Done Given Lord Doubt Mines Charity Affection Harm Convinced Genuine No Doubt Offense Our Lord Trifles

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653

“Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than disturb the mind, as it does, and give rise to temptations to speak or write about it to others.”

Ifs Giving Writing Mind Doe Wisdom Speak Harm Temptation Listeners Scandal

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents

“By rejecting faith in Jesus Christ, America has also rejected God's protective hand, which until recently, sheltered this nation from harm. We have invited the devil which all his diabolical and destructive power in our daily lives.”

Hands America Evil Jesus Nations Christ Devil Jesus Christ Harm Destructive Daily Life Rejected Invited Protective Rejecting Diabolical Faith In Jesus Destructive Power

Book:Red Sky in the Morning

Source: Red Sky in the Morning

“I think it has done us more harm believing in the huge differences between left and right, Democrat and Republican.”

Thinking Believe Done Left Differences Huge Republican Democrat Harm Left And Right

Author:Melissa Etheridge

“I really believe that more harm is done by old men who cling to their influence than by young men who anticipate it.”

Men Inspirational Believe Done Young Influence Harm Young Man Old Man Anticipate

Author:Owen D. Young

“Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.”

Inspirational Harm Stomach Harbors Grudge Sour

Book:Murther and Walking Spirits

Source: Murther and Walking Spirits

“Scientific education for the masses will do little good, and probably a lot of harm, if it simply boils down to more physics, more chemistry, more biology, etc to the detriment of literature and history. Its probable effect on the average human being would be to narrow the range of his thoughts and make him more than ever contemptuous of such knowledge as he did not possess.”

Ifs Knows Humans Littles Would Be Literature Human Beings Effects Mass Average Harm Physics Range Etc Biology Chemistry Contemptuous Lefties

Author:George Orwell

“We are not evil. We don't harm or seduce people. We are not dangerous. We are ordinary people like you. We have families, jobs, hopes, and dreams. We are not a cult. This religion is not a joke. We are not what you think we are from looking at T.V. We are real. We laugh, we cry. We are serious. We have a sense of humour. You don't have to be afraid of us. We don't want to convert you. And please don't try to convert us. Just give us the same right we give you--to live in peace. We are much more similar to you than you think.”

People Thinking Want Giving Trying Real Dream Jobs Evil Laughing Dangerous Cry Humour Serious Like You Please Jokes Ordinary Harm Cult Ordinary People Seducing Hopes And Dreams Wiccan

Author:Margot Adler

“If you've got somebody in harm's way, you want the president being -- making advice, not -- be given advice by the military, and not making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group.”

Ifs Way Want Given President Decision Focus Groups Advice Military Harm Polls Making Decisions Focus Groups

Book:Public paper of the presidents of the United States

Source: Public paper of the presidents of the United States

“In the end I worked out an anarchistic theory that all government is evil, that the punishment always does more harm than the crime and that people can be trusted to behave decently if only you will let them alone.”

People Ifs Doe Government Evil Crime Theory Harm Punishment Behave Trusted

Author:George Orwell

“I'm really into moderation. Too much of anything will harm you in the end. Too much sugar. Too much pasta. I'm into drugs as a teaching tool, which is why I only take hallucinogenics. I mean, it's not like I've never done cocaine, but, on the whole, if I can't see dancing elephants then I'm not interested.”

Ifs Mean I Can Ends Done Whole Too Much Teaching Drug Tools Dancing Harm Sugar Not Interested Elephants Moderation Cocaine Pasta

Author:Tori Amos

“No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.”

Men Doe He Man Harm

Author:Saint John Chrysostom

“Even if we give first priority to the destruction of terrorist networks, and even if we succeed, there are still governments that could bring us great harm. And there is a clear case that one of these governments in particular represents a virulent threat in a class by itself: Iraq. As far as I am concerned, a final reckoning with that government should be on the table.”

Ifs Giving Should Firsts Stills Government Class Cases Clear Particular Succeed Concerned Destruction Tables Threat Finals Iraq Harm Priorities Terrorist Reckoning

Author:Al Gore

“Libertarianism is the simple morality we learned as children: Don’t strike first, don’t steal or cheat, keep your promises. If you inadvertently fail to live up to these standards, make it up to the person you’ve harmed. If someone harms you, you may defend yourself as needed to stop the aggressor and obtain reparations. This simple morality works group-to-group just as it works one-to-one to bring about a peaceful and prosperous world.”

Ifs World Firsts May Children Persons Simple Failing Groups Needed Morality Promise Standards Harm Strikes Stealing Peaceful Libertarianism Cheat Prosperous Reparations Aggressors

Author:Mary Ruwart

“The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,' they are almost certainly deluded. If our actions do not come from a kind heart, from loving courage and compassion, they are deluded. If they are based on a distinction between 'us' and 'them,' they stem from delusion. Only to the extent that we act from the wisdom of no separation, understanding how we are woven together, will our intention bring benefit.”

Ifs Heart Kind Mean Ends Action Together Understanding Compassion Benefits Intention Harm Separation Distinction Delusion Justify Stem Our Actions Woven Deluded Kind Heart

Author:Jack Kornfield

“Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.”

People Needs Dying Comfort Aging Harm Honestly Denied Reluctance

Book:Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

Source: Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

“Christian discipleship does not involve the abandonment of any innocent enjoyment. Any diversion or amusement which we can use so as to receive pleasure and enjoyment to ourselves, and do no harm to others, we are perfectly free to use.”

Doe Use Christian Pleasure Harm Innocent Enjoyment Amusement Discipleship Abandonment Pyramids Diversion Christian Discipleship

Author:Washington Gladden

“I think my mission is to support people in being steadfast in not having thoughts of harm - thoughts of judgment, worry, or hatred - directed toward themselves or others.”

People Thinking Worry Support Judgment Hatred Missions Harm Steadfast

Author:Wayne Dyer

“When the lab rats hear the bell ringing, they freeze. That's what fear does to you - fear stops you dead in your tracks. Fear can keep you from harm, but fear can also rob you of your potential. Fear can rob you of an experience. Fear can rob you of happiness. Fear can rob you of real life... Darkness has a way of scaring us.”

Way Doe Real Fear Darkness Track Harm Real Life Bells Rats Freeze Labs Bells Ringing

Author:Rob Bell

“A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.”

Fear Happened Kings Harm Scorpions Wasps

Book:Reflections

Source: Reflections

“Individual price and wage changes will not be prevented. In the main, price changes will simply be concealed by taking the form of changes in discounts, service, and quality, and wage changes, in overtime, perquisites and so on…. But to whatever extent the freeze is enforced, it will do harm by distorting relative prices.”

Form Individual Quality Harm Relative Concealed Freeze Discounts

Book:There's no such thing as a free lunch

Source: There's no such thing as a free lunch

“Where is the harm in the wireless industry?”

Industry Harm Wireless

Author:Steve Largent

“I have lived this life, and no matter what others may decide about it, I must claim each decision as mine. I have caused harm, failed in the expectations and obligations of love. I have loved well. What I do each day is carried within me until I die.”

Wells May Matter Dies Decision Mines Expectations Claims No Matter What Harm Obligation This Life Each Day

Book:Without a Map: A Memoir

Source: Without a Map: A Memoir

“Self-harm - the world will come at you with knives anyway. You do not need to beat them to it.”

World Needs Self Beats Harm Knives Self Harm

Book:How to Build a Girl

Source: How to Build a Girl

“If you are thinking of nything with dependence upon it, there is a motive of curiosity, or pleasure, or success, and though the thinking will help towards satisfaction you will still be in bondage. There is no harm in this, but the higher samadhi, without such motives, is best.”

Ifs Thinking Stills Helping Pleasure Higher Curiosity Satisfaction Harm Motive Dependence Bondage Samadhi

Author:Ernest Wood

“I believe employers should be aware that employees who earn under $10 an hour cannot lead an independent life. But I do not believe that government should dictate wages. We have seen this fail in Socialist and Communist countries. It will do irreparable harm.”

Should Believe Country Government I Believe Hours Failing Independent Harm Employee Communist Socialist Wages Employers Living Wage Irreparable Irreparable Harm Independent Life

Author:Richard Riordan

“Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that.”

Persons Different Helping Lying Hurt Truth Is Protect Oneself Boring Harm

Author:Gunter Grass

“Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.”

Harm Proof Superiority Valour

Book:The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus

Source: The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus

“The law which their prophet Mohamed has given to muslims is that any harm done to any one who does not accept their law and any appropriation of his goods, is no sin at all.”

Doe Done Law Given Sin Accepting Harm Prophet Goods Infidel Appropriation

Author:Marco Polo

“There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.”

Danger Harm Radical There Is Hope Radical Change

Author:Calvin Coolidge

“Radiation doesn't recognize borders. A meltdown in Japan or India, say, is a danger to the whole world. Wind circulates the radiation everywhere. Water quality is affected. We all eat the same fish. We use products from all over the world - if something is contaminated, it will cause harm.”

Ifs World Whole Use Causes Water Quality Danger Wind Products India Fishes Harm Whole World Borders Japan Affected Radiation Meltdowns Water Quality

Author:Wladimir Klitschko

“Sorrow itself is not so hard to bear As the thought of sorrow coming. Airy ghosts, That work no harm, do terrify us more Than men in steel with bloody purposes. Death is not dreadful; 'tis the dread of death— We die whene'er we think of it!”

Thinking Men Hard Purpose Dies Bears Sorrow Harm Ghost Dread Bloody Steel Airy

Author:Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“If I wish to wrest an advantage from the enemy, I must not fix my mind on that alone, but allow for the possibility of the enemy also doing some harm to me... If I wish to extricate myself from a dangerous position, I must consider not only the enemy's ability to injure me, but also my own ability to gain an advantage over the enemy.”

Ifs Mind Wish My Own Ability Enemy Military Dangerous Possibility Position Gains Advantage Harm

Author:Du Mu

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