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In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.


Maajid Nawaz

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No idea is above scrutiny and no people are beneath dignity.
MAAJID NAWAZ No one should be above his country and people.
MARIANA FULGER There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should b...
EDWARD SNOWDEN Huge trouble can come in small packages. All packages, no matter how big or small, should be given t...
ANTHONY WEINER All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever b...
BARBARA DEMING White folks, no matter how well-meaning or open-minded, have no true idea what it's like to be b...
JOHN RIDLEY We believe evolution should be taught as a scientific theory that is open to critical scrutiny, not ...
CASEY LUSKIN No building should ever be above the law.
SALLY REGENHARD This should (in) no way be seen as an endorsement.
MELISSA FLEMING Basically, Urban Fantasy means D&D in New York. Ordinary people have no idea that they share the...
TED NAIFEH The just society where the law will be above every man,is the type of society we should all endeavor...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) No point is of more importance than the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be a...
GEORGE MASON A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
VICTOR HUGO A study can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
VICTOR HUGO A stand can be made against invasion of an army; no stand can be made against invasion of an idea.
UNKNOWN An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he mig...
BARONESS ORCZY An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might ...
BARONESS EMMUSKA ORCZY An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might ...
STEVE MARTIN An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might ...
BARONESS ORCZY No theory should ever be placed in a position where it is no longer open for debate
LEIF ERICSSON LEO VENESS We are an open and democratic society that makes no distinctions and shuts no one out.
GIORGOS VOULGARAKIS There are people in our society who should be separated and discarded. I think its one of the tenden...
SPIRO T. AGNEW A civilized society that can no longer feel outrage, can no longer be civilized.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Sometimes life may take you down an unexpected path, but keep an open mind, for that may be the exac...
ALICIA EMAMDEE Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
SIGMUND FREUD Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief
SIGMUND FREUD Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Some people are better at maths than others: no one thinks you can be 'taught' to be a mathe...
RACHEL CUSK If God is One, and if there can be no other God, there can be no idea of God.
LEO STRAUSS No human, no matter how ancient, or how popular, can be above the laws of Nature.
ABHIJIT NASKAR I had no idea (Homeland Security) would open personal letters. That's why I alerted the media. I tho...
GRANT GOODMAN Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved d...
JONAH LEHRER Be yourself, be who you can be.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be u...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. If you can't (or won't) sort mail, where is the proof that you can do anything?
RANDY PAUSCH Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutel...
MARILYN MONROE You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without act...
MIGUEL RUIZ I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't...
JASON ALDEAN Women are no sheep. Women are no fragile showpiece to be placed above the fire-place. Women of the t...
ABHIJIT NASKAR The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious ...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Once you've transformed euthanasia into a medical treatment, there's no logical way you can say that...
RITA MARKER An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in...
B. R. AMBEDKAR Be so strong that no one can ignore you.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in...
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NO DOUBT It must be an odd person indeed that can say for certain they are normal.
INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of
my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be sh...
INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be shining...
INITIALLY NO It's nice to finish with a great shot like that. It was a nice way to finish up. It looked pretty go...
DONALD NO I was struggling on the greens (early on the back nine) and had lost a little bit of confidence and ...
DONALD NO They tell me to be quiet
When I’d rather cause a riot
And have everyone screaming
O...
INITIALLY NO We had no doubt that they were guilty.
JUROR NO We did the right thing for Mary. It was not an easy decision, and it was not unanimous at first.
JUROR NO Before, I said I could be fair, but I don't think I can.
JUROR NO We actually challenged one another in the deliberation room. We challenged the issues, and we came t...
JUROR NO I saw two birds having dangerously kinky sex on the main road, while several cars ran above them jus...
INITIALLY NO It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as e...
MARGARET MEAD It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as e...
MARGARET MEAD A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death. A culture that has lost...
ANDREW COYNE No one should be condemned as trash; even a little stick can serve as a toothpick!
ATHARVA VEDA No god worthy of worship would be associated with such character flaws as vanity, jealousy, vengeanc...
ARON RA We believe that in a free and democratic society, there should be no criminal penalties against jour...
JULIA CRAWFORD Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c...
GERMANY KENT I have no idea. I don't know,
ROBERT MORGAN If I wasn't doing this, I have no idea what I'd be doing.
NICHOLAS SPARKS I had no idea what Emanuel had done.
JEFFREY BUTTLE I have no idea.
RICKY WILLIAMS We didn't have any idea of what was going on. We had no idea.
JAMES COOK The most valuable members of society are the workers. No idea can come to fruition without them.
TROY J. GAINEY The idea of a youth-based society that you live in for a certain time and then you no longer live an...
JOEL SILVER The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among pe...
P. J. O'ROURKE An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.
BRENT SCOWCROFT There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can con...
JAMES R. SMITH Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should becom...
ADAM MICHNIK No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
GEORGE ELIOT No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a ...
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON There is no such thing as a starving goose. Geese can fly hundreds of miles. No one should be feedin...
DAVID FELD An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping an...
SAMUEL BUTLER No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but I think Facebook might be the first place...
MARK ZUCKERBERG The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. T...
EVELYN GLENNIE Once you hit 20 (teams), 21 to 25 you might as well be throwing darts. You just have no idea.
DAN WEBER Be unapologetically you.....Don't apologize for who you are or what you are. Just be YOU and those t...
NANETTE MATHEWS Now she is ignoring me as first

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DEYTH BANGER A president should be approachable; understanding of people's problems and needs; he should be fair ...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
BIBLE As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no ha...
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly ra...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE I believe there should be no arbitrary date set for withdrawal and yet no permanent, unending deploy...
RICK RENZI A society can be no better than the men and women who compose it.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind ...
CAMILLE PAGLIA The Constitution is the fundamental rule for people to live in society. If the rule no longer suits ...
ICHIRO OZAWA He's smart enough to know he'll be in a fish bowl. He should know he'll be under scrutiny.
ARTHUR SLOANE No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the...
MARGARET ATWOOD Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
JIM ROHN One must ... aim to stimulate, educate, coax, coerce, cajole – shock when necessary – but, above...
LARRY LAMB One must ... aim to stimulate, educate, coax, coerce, cajole – shock when necessary – but, above, ...
LARRY LAMB Otherwise there can be no progress with an administration in which there are terrorist organizations...
EHUD OLMERT I had no idea it would be as painful as it was, ... It really stung.
STEVE CARELL I had no idea I'd be undefeated at this point. It's definitely something I wanted. Hopefully, I'll c...
DAVID PISARCIK There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those wh...
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