The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a capitalist is a fellow who, by definition, can ill afford to believe in anything other than the doctrine of the bottom line. Deprive a capitalist of his God-given right to lie and cheat and steal, and the poor sap stands a better than even chance of becoming one of the abominable wards of the state from whose grimy fingers the Reagan Administration hopes to snatch the ark of democracy.
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Ethanol is mandating additional diversity to the pool of motor fuels. The definition of oil is being widened.
By the definition accepted in the United States, any person with even a small amount of Negro Blood... is a Negro. Logically, it would be exactly as justifiable to say that any person with even a small amount of white blood is white. Why do they say one rather than the other Because the former classification suits the convenience of those making the classification. Society, in short, regards as true those systems that produce the desired results. Science seeks only the most generally useful systems of classification these it regards for the time being, until more useful classifications are invented, as true.
He's for real. If you look up the definition of patriotism in the dictionary, his picture is there.
He's even trotted out the old term 'misery index.' The problem is that by Senator Kerry's definition, things got better during the Carter years, and then got worse during the Reagan-Bush years.
It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.
Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.
I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.
This president would have us believe that with all of the resources, ingenuity, dedication and passion of the American people, we can't even get half way to victory in the war on drugs until the year 2007 -- nine full years from now, ... That is not success that is the definition of failure. ... We cannot accept this administration's proposed timetable for defeat.
If we didn't know the definition of adversity before, I'm sure we know it now. (The loss) was tough to swallow.
Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
2. Analytic It is clear that the definition of 'logic' or 'mathematics' must be sought by trying to give a new definition of the old notion of 'analytic' propositions.
We're a team in search of an identity right now. I don't know if I can give you a definition for that.
We've heard the argument here now that the FCC is the one that ought to redefine the definition of indecency. Perhaps that is true. I find it objectionable that those who have been granted the free use of our airwaves would not see fit to restrain themselves within their own conduct to define conduct that is less than indecent, that is that which we've heard the use of the words crude, inappropriate.
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.
At first glance, it's a concern. You're adding another element in the mix, and this is going to be a year-long promotion. By definition, the FedEx Cup will be raised in visibility. In doing that, will it move the World Golf Championships down a notch, or interfere with the ambition to be the next layer behind the majors.
A student by definition doesn't know what he or she doesn't know.
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
You know how dumb the average guy is Well, by definition, half of them are even dumber than that.
You don't want to be paternalistic. We can make unwise decisions at all ages. You have to look at whether the person is vulnerable and does the person fit the definition of diminished capacity under the law.
The Pew actually allows respondents to decide themselves. I would say absolutely we're dealing with a term that is not particularly well-defined because blogging is a platform. Blogs can be so many different things to so many different people. The definition needs to be more about structure than content.
The only analogy I have before me is Socrates. My task is a Socratic task, to revise the definition of what it is to be a Christian. For my part I do not call myself a 'Christian' (thus keeping the ideal free), but I am able to make it evident that the others are still less than I.
The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.
My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.
Basically, you have to meet the definition of the school. Right now, part of the problem we're facing is we're meeting the definition of a program. We're going to work on that.
It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.
Some people say farmers have always helped farmers, People say we're expanding the definition of neighbor.
Commandments are loving counsel from a wise Father. Our understanding and concept of God as a loving and personal Heavenly Father allows us no other definition. He gives us commandments for one reason onlybecause he loves us and wants us to be happy.
CTV News is primed to offer extensive coverage of this important event. We're pleased to have the opportunity to bring it to Canadians in High Definition.
If all we're doing on the Internet is giving people another opportunity to vote, you can predict it's not going to work, ... If the definition of working is getting more people to vote.
In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men the power to establish laws. What gives them the power to establish laws is the same thing which secures obedience to them - organized violence.
Embryonic cells, by their very definition, are not from your body. Right now, inside your body, you have everything necessary to build what you need now.
In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively.
God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.
Everyone is motivated a little or a lot to do something or nothing. Motivation is the internalized drive toward the dominant thought of the moment. By definition, motivation is 'motive in action.'
Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria, they're all involved.
It will be the biggest high-definition audience in history because it's the Super Bowl and more people have the sets. It's a big party for high definition.
The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.
The Oxford English Dictionary definition is a sexual deviant, especially a child molester.
All they want is an opportunity to vote on the definition of marriage. Now that the people have spoken, the good congressman has decided this is a divisive issue.
There's the great line: the definition of a liberal is someone who's afraid to take their own side in a fight. And that's my problem with my fellow liberals.
We tell our guys that great players make great plays on great days. That is the definition of Blake Roberts tonight.
The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.
Sometimes we misunderstand each other, but after all, isn't that the definition of a marriage
Changing the definition of milk will drastically change America's dairy production as we know it. Processors will seek low-cost, low-quality imported product, not the high-quality, domestically produced milk American consumers have come to depend upon.
This step would in no way reduce the importance of maximum employment as a policy goal, ... In any case, I assure this committee that if I am confirmed, I will take no precipitate steps in the direction of quantifying the definition of long-run price stability. This matter requires further study at the Federal Reserve as well as extensive discussion and consultation.
State laws on domestic and sexual violence fall significantly short of Mexico's international human rights obligations. The definition of incest as voluntary sex is an insult to the thousands of girls who suffer abuse daily. No one, and least of all girls raped and impregnated by their fathers or brothers, should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term.
Nudity by itself does not meet the definition of a sexually oriented business under the zoning law.
If you ask Alabama voters what Lucy Baxley stands for, you'd have a hard time getting a substantive answer. She's going to have to create a definition for herself before her opponents do it for her.