Abrogation Quotes

#1. After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary.

William J. Brennan

#2. Political opposition ... is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence.

Arthur Miller

#3. Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on making oneself better, is an immense copout, an abrogation of responsibility.

Derrick Jensen

#4. Islamic scholars developed a doctrine known as "abrogation" (an-Nasikh wa'l Mansukh), whereby Allah issues new revelations that supersede old ones.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#5. I'm a Philadelphia sports fanatic. I still watch Phillies games on my iPad, which is basically admitting to having daily torture sessions.

Steve Capus

#6. Polish, Lithuanian, and German - "Dom.

Upton Sinclair

#7. The mere fact that Lottie had come and gone away again made things seem a little worse-just as perhaps prisoners feel a little more desolate after visitors come and go, leaving them behind.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

#8. What is home? Maybe it's not a place, but a moment in time. When I was safe. Secure. Cared for. Home. It's more than a point on a map. It's a sensation. A feeling of comfort - feet

Susan Wiggs

#9. The Beatles did their best cover work on Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' and music influenced by Richard, such as Larry Williams's 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.'

Jon Landau

#10. I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that's when I started getting my own style.

Eddie Van Halen

#11. I just feel so fortunate, A, that I'm able to talk to people and B, keep in contact with my real friends.

Kirby Bliss Blanton

#12. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

Mahatma Gandhi

#13. No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.

A.R. Rahman

#14. People who tell me not to swear so much. Oh, fuck you, too.

Jen Mann