Uncompromising Quotes

• I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Justice, Retreat, Excuse

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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• Art is uncompromising, and life is full of compromises.

  Gunter Grass

  Art, Compromise, Life Is

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• I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Truth, Justice, Retreat

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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• Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen - but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Mother, Men, Fire

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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• A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

  George Santayana

  Freedom, Men, Judging

  George Santayana, William G. Holzberger (2003). “The Works of George Santayana: The letters of George Santayana. 1933-1936. Vol. 5. Book 5”, p.162, MIT Press

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• The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.

  Eric Hoffer

  Attitude, Doubt, Conviction

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter.

  James Mark Baldwin

  Mind, Matter, Firsts

  James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”

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• New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.

  Ellen Swallow Richards

  Home, Noble, England

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• Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Luxury, Political, Politics

  Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings”, p.224, Lexington Books

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• Character is one factor that will guide all our actions and decisions.
  We invested in uncompromising integrity that helped us take difficult stands in some of the most difficult business situations.

  Azim Premji

  Inspirational, Integrity, Character

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• Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

  Karel Capek

  Fighting, Creating, Literature

  "On Relativism". Book by Karel Capek, 1925.

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• I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Enemy, Liquor

  Billy Sunday, William A. Sunday (2009). “The Sawdust Trail: Billy Sunday in His Own Words”, p.96, University of Iowa Press

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• Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond.

  John Sergeant Wise

  Education, Father, School

  John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.40, Anza Publishing

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• I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. ... I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE HEARD.

  John Paul Stevens

  Writing, Thinking, Justice

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• It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

  John Keegan

  Quality, Diplomats, Compromise

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• However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  May, Opponents, Violence

  Young India, 11 Dec. 1924

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• It's fair to say that, by 'X-Men 3,' Wolverine had gone a little soft, and I agree with them there. What fans love about Wolverine is his more uncompromising approach to life. He is who he is. He's not always a nice guy. He has got edge. He's an anti-hero. And, there's also a vulnerability in there. There is conflict and battles going on in there.

  Hugh Jackman

  Nice, Hero, Men

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• I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity?

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Causes, Language, Objects

  William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...”, p.63

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• My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.

  Natsuo Kirino

  Talent, Spite, Ability

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• Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one's own nervous system.

  Arthur Koestler

  May, Hallucinations, Nervous

  Arthur Koestler (1981). “Kaleidoscope: essays from Drinkers of infinity, and The heel of Achilles and later pieces and stories”, Vintage

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• Anger and humour are like the left and right arm. They complement each other.

  James H. Cone

  Arms, Humour, Complement

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• If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

  Andre Gide

  Inspirational, Would Be, Spirit

  Andre Gide (2012). “The Counterfeiters: A Novel”, p.165, Vintage

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• My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.

  Jimmy Page

  Army, Guitar, Building Up

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• There is nothing but God, nothing but the Goddess, nothing but Spirit in all directions, and not a grain of sand, not a speck of dust, is more or less Spirit than any other.

  Ken Wilber

  Spiritual, Dust, Goddess

  Ken Wilber (1998). “The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad”, Shambhala Publications

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• I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening of doors into the Other World', and with his belief that drugs can procure 'what Catholic theologians call a gratuitous grace'. Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one's own nervous system.

  Arthur Koestler

  Philosophy, Doors, Other Worlds

  Arthur Koestler (1981). “Kaleidoscope: essays from Drinkers of infinity, and The heel of Achilles and later pieces and stories”, Vintage

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