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• If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Wish, Liberty, Essentials

  "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by F.A. Hayek, Chap. 6: "Equality, Value and Merit," Routledge (p. 77), 1960.

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• No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.

  David Hume

  Religious, Reality, Miracle

  An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding "Of Miracles" (1748)

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• There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.

  David Hume

  Learning, Men, Numbers

  David Hume (1758). “Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition”, p.347

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• The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Voice, Mind

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• The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.

  Henry James

  Country, Writing, Yield

  Letter to Charles Eliot Norton, 16 Jan. 1871

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• Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

  Thomas Jefferson

  Friendship, Names, Volunteer

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.16, Cambridge University Press

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• Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

  Samuel Johnson

  Good And Evil, Evidence

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• I have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I'm basically self-sufficient.

  Imran Khan

  Self, Tree, Cows

  "The path of Khan" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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• In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better.

  Paul Klee

  Self, Drawing, Finals

  Paul Klee, Felix Klee (1968). “The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918”, p.183, Univ of California Press

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• The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Lonely, Nature, Adventure

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• If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Funny, Suicide, Nature

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.158, Vintage

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• Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.

  Dan Lipinski

  Hero, Our Veterans, Firefighter

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• Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

  John Lubbock

  Believe, Judging, Judgment

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• To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

  Andre Maurois

  Witty, Humor, Too Much

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  The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.

  John Stuart Mill

  War, Power, Libertarian Party

  On Liberty ch. 1 (1859)

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• Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Children, Important, Fields

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• It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.

  Luc Montagnier

  Vaccines, Safety, Needs

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• I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.

  Jose Mourinho

  Strong, Team, Inspirational Soccer

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• As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Children, Reading, Responsibility

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• We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

  Isaac Newton

  Science, Causes, Razors

  1687 Newton's First Rule of Reasoning in Philosophy. Philosophiae Naturalis PrincipiaMathematica (translated by Andrew Motte,1729).

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• To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Understanding, Inward, Guarantees

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• As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

  Andre Norton

  Courage, Lying, Inspiration

  Andre Norton (1981). “Gryphon in glory”, Atheneum Books

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• I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

  Graham Norton

  Self, Looks, Might

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• It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of the vote in sufficient numbers, by combination, you can get out of any legislature whatever you want, or, if you cannot get it, you can send them about their business and choose other people who will be more attentive to your demands.

  Emmeline Pankhurst

  Numbers, People, Mind

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• Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.

  Blaise Pascal

  Sports, Men, Play

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