Top Refusing Quotes
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis
To Mr. Seward: It is my desire that, in case Maximillian will surrender, he be sent here a prisoner of war, but that in the event of his continuing the war, or refusing to surrender, then he be shot.
Joshua A. Norton
The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.
Leigh Hunt
Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.
Ric Ocasek
Kit Williams 
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Nellie Bly All Refusing Quotes
Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.
Pete Seeger 
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Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.
Caleb Cushing
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He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles.
Kit Williams
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And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it.
John Bigelow
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Popular Refusing Authors
PlatoHenri Frederic AmielC. S. LewisJose MartiKenneth L. PikeRobert WalpoleRobert SmithCaleb CushingKit WilliamsAneurin BevanJim ClyburnPete SeegerNellie Bly
Phil CrosbyNorman LammLeigh HuntRowan WilliamsRobert CapaLeslie CharterisRic OcasekBetty FriedanSamuel DanielAnna Louise StrongJoshua A. NortonJohn BigelowEdith Evans
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