Quotes of Voluntary - somelinesforyou

“ They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness. ”

- William Hazlitt

“ There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love — every man works his oar voluntarily! ”

- St. Francis De Sales

“ Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that voluntary efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer. ”

- Jimmy Carter

“ To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ There's no way to spin it: Allowing women to get shot to death, or blown up, or mutilated and disfigured in war-particularly in a voluntary war-is horrible. It's unnecessary. It's barbaric. ”

- Tucker Carlson

“ The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom. ”

- Milton Friedman

“ Creating voluntary personal retirement accounts for our workers just entering the work force are a good idea that Congress should examine. ”

- Mel Martinez

“ Incest is a voluntary act on the woman's part. ”

- Charles Rice

“ Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice. ”

- Governor Jesse Ventura

“ Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach go into higher education where they attempt to indoctrinate the young with their political views. ”

- Michael Lorenzen

“ Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer. ”

- Unknown

“ Don't ever question the value of volunteers. Noah's Ark was built by volunteers; the Titanic was built by professionals. ”

- Unknown

“ Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. ”

- Nicholas Ling

“ One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ True obedience is a matter of love, which makes it voluntary, not compelled by fear or force. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions. Desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary. ”

- Blaise Pascal

“ Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. ”

- Marcus Annaeus Seneca

“ Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. ”

- Jane Austen

“ If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country. ”

- Hannah Arendt

“ Lust and force are the source of all our actions; lust causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones. ”

- Blaise Pascal

“ No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ One of the characteristics of American society is its reliance on individual initiative and voluntary action to achieve goals. ”

- Helen Boosalis

“ Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service. ”

- Robert L. Payton

“ Private voluntary giving will not increase unless there is better and firmer understanding of its importance to our society and the people in it. ”

- Robert L. Payton

“ The fabric of American life is woven around our tens of thousands of voluntary associations. ”

- Herbert Clark Hoover
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