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One should, therefore, in the interests of democracy itself seek to substitute the doctrine of the right man for the doctrine of the rights of man.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy, man, rightness

No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about word, art, magic, poets

Always we must bear in mind that law has to be substituted for power, that care must be taken to serve the interests of law.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about law, power, mind

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

Quote by Aesop about people

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

Quote by Andre Agassi about work, nothing, day, time

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about charity, justice

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about family, mother, children, things

Procedures should not be used as a substitute for thought.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, thinking

Same rule just substitute children.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about photography, rules, children

To get at their real concerns, there is simply no substitute for talking one-on-one with the people who sent you here.

Quote by Sonny Perdue about talking, real estate, people

We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about literature, religion

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson about books, good, good luck, life

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison about fantesy, reality, imagination, world

When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called love is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot it substitutes indulgence for fair play; when cold it is cruel, but friendship is warmth in cold,...

Quote by Miles Franklin about friendship, state, mind, love