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The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation (Contrary Quotes)
Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy (Contrary Quotes)
To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace (Contrary Quotes)
Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others is the general feature of our society (Contrary Quotes)
If a man wants to set up as an innkeeper and he does not succeed, it is not comic. If, on the contrary, a girl asks to be allowed to set up as a prostitute and she fails, as sometimes happens, it is comic (Contrary Quotes)
Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be found, so the choice would be less likely to be diverted from him, by the intrigues of the ambitious, or the bribes of the rich (Contrary Quotes)
In democratic centuries, on the contrary, when the duties of each individual toward the species are much clearer, devotion toward one man becomes rarer: the bond of human affections is extended and loosened (Contrary Quotes)
No, I don’t wear contacts, and contrary to what some people have said, I do not have a glass eye (Contrary Quotes)
I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding (Contrary Quotes)
Catholicism is contrary to human liberty. Catholicism bases salvation upon belief. Catholicism teaches man to trample his reason under foot. And for that reason it is wrong (Contrary Quotes)
Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own (Contrary Quotes)
Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity (Contrary Quotes)
Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It’s a shark riding on an elephant’s back, just trampling and eating everything they see (Contrary Quotes)
Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear (Contrary Quotes)
Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love (Contrary Quotes)
Everything I ever worried about turned out exactly as it was going to, despite my anxious moments to the contrary (Contrary Quotes)
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety (Contrary Quotes)
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit (Contrary Quotes)
It is contrary to our principles to multiply organizations, since, in all conscience, there are enough of them. And when organizations are created they need individuals to look after them (Contrary Quotes)
Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health (Contrary Quotes)
When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy (Contrary Quotes)
In the contexts of religion and politics, words are not regarded as standing, rather inadequately, for things and events; on the contrary things and events are regarded as particular illustrations of words (Contrary Quotes)
Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression, peace over exploitation and bitterness (Contrary Quotes)
When the physicists ask us for the solution of a problem, it is not drudgery that they impose on us, on the contrary, it is us who owe them thanks (Contrary Quotes)
Guilt, on the contrary, like a base thief, suspects every eye that beholds him to be privy to his transgressions, and every tongue that mentions his name to be proclaiming them (Contrary Quotes)
It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence (Contrary Quotes)
Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any importance, or when we cannot come to a clear decision on our own (Contrary Quotes)
It is not a gain that guilt should be wholly forgotten. On the contrary, it is loss and perdition. But it is a gain to win an inner intensity of heart through a deeper and deeper inner sorrowing over guilt (Contrary Quotes)
When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit of happiness, of joy, of cheerfulness. I am firmly convinced that in order to sing well, you must love your neighbor and be passionate about life (Contrary Quotes)
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been (Contrary Quotes)