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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes a juror.
Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.
Socialism may have failed as an economic theory, but global warming alarmism, with its dire warnings about the consequences of industry and consumerism, is equally a rebuke to capitalism.
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power -
if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
We have to put an end to the culture of selfishness and corruption that allows greedy Wall Street banks and executives to rip off working people without any consequences.
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.
We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences.
Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.
Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.
Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.
Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.
The public health ramifications of our scandalous open borders are possibly even more dangerous and far-reaching than the economic and political consequences.
In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices.
Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.
We thought it was our duty to go and warn people of the consequences of their sins, and I understood that to be the definition of loving our neighbour.
Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences.
A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run.
Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success.
Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.
I often feel that with a crime story, the moral standards have to be higher. You're deal with real victims and with real consequences.
There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities.
Liberals need to take the advice they routinely give to conservatives: that there are consequences to their divisive rhetoric, and that in their attempts to score political points, they are also inciting violence.
By reading, you learn through others' experiences, generally, a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.
Washington should tell governments that printing lies and teaching intolerance will have consequences in terms of foreign assistance, political support and military aid.
The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have 'improved.
I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.
There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.
It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.
Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences.
It is the responsibility of every human to know their actions and the consequences of their actions and to ask questions and to question things when they are wrong.
If you offshore, if you telecommute, if you do anything to minimize your company's physical real estate, there are real consequences to its culture and cohesion.
Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given.
So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.
In heaven, there is no judgment, but rather an opportunity to examine our lives-who we touched, the choices we made, and the consequences of those choices.
Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.
I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.
To be a real man or woman, you've got to know what you believe in. You've got to understand that your actions have consequences and that they are connected to everything that you are.
I'm vitally interested in cyber crime and in preparing law enforcement for a time when crime is international in its origins and its consequences.
The moral consequences of totalitarian propaganda...are destructive of all morals because they undermind one of the foundations of all morals: the sense of and respect for truth.
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
Murder has foreseeable consequences. When it happens, it is always to distinct individuals, and after it happens, other victims are left behind.
The consequences of leaking sensitive information is that Americans and coalition forces die, and we lose trust with foreign spies, and our national security is put at risk.
My father always told me to be myself and say what you think is the right thing; sometimes you pay the consequences, but it means tomorrow will be a happy day for you.
The consequences of turning a blind eye to government corruption go far beyond simply letting some corrupt politicians and bureaucrats walk free.
The mark of the superior thinker is his or her ability to accurately predict the consequences of doing or not doing something.
I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.
Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.
One of the frustrations of prison life, which is also one of its intended consequences, is that the prisoner is made ineffective. He is unable to be of much use. The aim is to render him powerless.
Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.
There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work.
The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences - of results.
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions.
In place of an intensive cooperation among artists, there is a battle for goods. Hatred, partisanship, cliques, jealousy, and intrigues are the natural consequences of an aimless, materialist art.
Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!
When you're in your late teens, your hormones work overtime. You fall in love without thinking about the consequences.
There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion
or an inconsequential act of service.
Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences.
We're all flawed heroes. Responsibility is power. Take responsibility for the consequences of your actions, and the world is yours. Everything is a choice.
