ABRIDGE, v.t. To shorten.When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. --Oliver Cromwell
Quotes about impel (6 Quotes)
Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call or whatever you want to call it. It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond, or what have you.
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
Who are we Where do we come from Why are we this way and not some other What does it mean to be human Are we capable, if need be, of fundamental change, or do the dead hands of forgotten ancestors impel us in some direction, indiscriminately for good or ill, and beyond our control Can we alter our character Can we improve our societies Can we leave our children a world better than the one that was left to us Can we free them from the demons that torment us and haunt our civilization In the long run, are we wise enough to know what changes to make Can we be trusted with our own future.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.