Undermining Quotes

• Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Democracies Have, Democracy, Terrorism

  Interview With Zahid Hussain, newslinemagazine.com. July 2002.

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• Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.

  Alistair Darling

  Recovery, Cutting, Risk

  "The Tories got it totally wrong on the recession: now they're getting it wrong on the recovery" by Alistair Darling, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2010.

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• I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Respect, Eye, Men

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• A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

  Albert Einstein

  Sympathy, God, Death

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.39, Broadway Books

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• Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

  Mason Cooley

  History, Effort, Psychology

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• When someone is unrelentingly critical of you, always finds fault, can never be pleased, and blames you for everything that goes wrong, it is the insidious nature and cumulative effects of the abuse that do the damage. Over time, this type of abuse eats away at your self-confidence and sense of self-worth, undermining any good feelings you have about yourself and about your accomplishments .

  Beverly Engel

  Self Confidence, Self Worth, Accomplishment

  Beverly Engel (2002). “The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

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• Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists.

  Roy Moore

  Country, Deny, Acknowledgement

  "Defender of the Decalogue". Interview with Thomas R. Eddlem, www.thenewamerican.com. November 21, 2002.

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• President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.

  George Soros

  Hurt, Safety, President

  "Why America Must Not Re-elect President Bush". Column at Project Syndicate, www.project-syndicate.org. October 17, 2004.

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• Once you don't vote your ideals ... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

  Ralph Nader

  Political, Democracy, Erode

  "Nader rejects concerns he could help elect Bush". www.cnn.com. October 31, 2000.

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• If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage.

  George Carey

  Blessing, Thinking, Love Relationship

  "Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out". Interview with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. September 25, 2002.

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• The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'

  Al Gore

  Editors, Support, Troops

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• We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The AFL-CIO has chosen the opposite approach by planning to throw even more money at politicians.

  James P. Hoffa

  Country, Fighting, Opposites

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• After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

  Maurice Strong

  Running, Mean, Romance

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• The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.

  Timothy Geithner

  Hurt, Recovery, Commitment

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. December 12, 2010.

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• I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.

  Vaclav Klaus

  Way, Economic, Regimes

  "No Third Way Out: An Interview with Vaclav Klaus". Interview with John Fund, reason.com. June 1, 1990.

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• Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals.

  Patty Murray

  Believe, Long, Goal

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• Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.

  Leon Panetta

  Israel, Cooperation, Authority

  "Netanyahu spokesman: Palestinians to blame for deadlock". The Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. December 03, 2011.

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• To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. So even if we agree that sexual imagery is in fact a language, it is clearly one that is already heavily edited to protect men's sexual - and hence social - confidence while undermining that of women.

  Naomi Wolf

  Men, Long, Culture

  "The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women". Book by Naomi Wolf, October 24, 1991.

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• Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

  Albert Einstein

  God, Religious, Atheist

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.328, Princeton University Press

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• The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness.

  Rick Santorum

  Keys, Accomplishment, Feminist

  Rick Santorum (2014). “It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good”, p.88, Open Road Media

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• I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you.

  Emily Yoffe

  Laughing, Awkward, Ends

  "You're Such a Riot". "Dear Prudence" with Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. September 24, 2013.

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• What may begin as a temporary method to circumvent reasoned discussion and debate for the sake of a prized political goal may very well end up permanently undermining the trust required for its existence.

  Jason Stanley

  Goal, Political, Sake

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• The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to 1, they wield power, they write legislation. When you have scientifically illiterate adults, you have undermined the very fabric of what makes a nation wealthy and strong.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Strong, Writing, Kids

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• When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth century and seems quite likely to do again in the twenty-first, capitalism automatically generates arbitrary and unsustainable inequalities that radically undermine the meritocratic values on which democratic societies are based.

  Thomas Piketty

  Growth, Democracy, Society

  Thomas Piketty (2017). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.1, Harvard University Press

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• Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence that reduce stress and anxiety, whereas anger and hatred come from frustration and undermine our sense of trust. Because of ignorance, many of our problems are our own creation. Education, however, is the instrument that increases our ability to employ our own intelligence.

  Dalai Lama

  Trust, Education, Confidence

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