A Quote by Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Virtual representation is so absurd as to not deserve an answer. I therefore pass it over with contempt.
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There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
In England the practice of "virtual" representation provided reasonably well for the actual representation of the major interests of the society, and it raised no widespread objection.
What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
No people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery, but when they deserv'd it. ...The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought. ...If therefore a people will not be free; if they have not virtue enough to maintain their liberty against a presumptuous invader, they deserve no pity, and are to be treated with contempt and ignominy.
When somebody asks, 'Whats the answer to all of these questions?' that's absurd. There is no answer, there are answers, along the way.
It is, therefore, not proper for God thus to pass over sin unpunished.
You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything.
No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.
The gun control mentality is ruthlessly absurd. It suggests that you pass a law which will bind law-abiding citizens — they won't have access to weapons. Now, we know that criminals, by definition, are people who don't obey laws. Therefore, you can pass all the laws that you want, they will still have access to these weapons, just as they have access to illegal drugs and other things right now. That means you end up with a situation in which the law-abiding folks can't defend themselves, and the crooks have all the guns.
There's a lot of bleeding idiots in t'country and they deserve some representation.
There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.
Trans women are a part of the female population and I think that they deserve a respectful representation.
As someone who has never been in a gossip magazine, I do not deserve the contempt of the term 'celebrity.'
I have been hired by Allah to get a wage, which if the space between the Earth and sky is filled up with pearls, still (the wage) would be more than it, for each of the questions I may answer you. Therefore, I deserve it that I must not feel tired or exhausted (in answering your questions).
I didn't deserve to get my title stripped after three ACL reconstructions. I didn't deserve to be out for four years. But it happened to me, and so I definitely learned over the years that you don't deserve anything. Nothing you have is yours. Everything is up for grabs in this world.
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