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The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be...

Quote by Walter Bagehot about circumstances, habits, man

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Quote by Jane Austen about man

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about violence, question, society, man

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions, concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about force, police

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions, desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about wish, force, police

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about bad

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

Quote by Ron Paul about politics, bankers, capitalism, money, creation, interest