You can do but one of these things; it is folly to attempt anything else, for there cannot exist a slave confederacy and a free confederacy side by side upon this continent.
The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.
Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in fact lead individuals astray to terrorism cannot be ignored.
Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others.
It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.
In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.
We cannot achieve more in life than what we believe in our heart of hearts we deserve to have.
No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair.
I think that you have to find a piece of yourself in every role you play. If you don't believe what you're doing, you cannot expect anyone else to believe it.
I hate being a writer. i tend to stick my emotions in things that cannot reciprocate. I've become a whore for my craft.
The drug problem’ cannot be understood without a critical examination of the language and narratives of underpinning the explanatory models invoked to prove that there is a 'drug problem.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.
Maintaining control indefinitely over millions of Palestinians will inevitably lead to a demographic nightmare and cannot be sustained if Israel is to remain true to its founding principles.
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
The values and voices of democracy are silent. Either we have lost touch with those values or, no better, believe they need not or cannot be taught.
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job...
If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk.
We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.
