consequences Quotes

Neglect of an effective birth control policy is a never-failing source of poverty which, in turn, is the parent of revolution and crime.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant... ...

The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

“Each act of unfaithfulness toward our inner being is a blot on our souls. If we continue to be unfaithful, our souls are eventually torn apart and we slowly bleed to death.”

And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as the most democratically run. The reason for this lies in the failure properly to define liberty. For there... ...

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

Civil confusions often spring from trifles but decide great issues.