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Declaring Quotes
On stating something plainly, without apology.
These declaring quotes span legal philosophy, personal conflict, and social movements asserting their purpose in public. For related ideas on constancy, see our Always quotes.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Flattened
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
- Anger
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- Nov 07, 2020
These movements aren't about anger. We're not angrily saying 'Black Lives Matter.' We're declaring it. It's a declaration. We want to be seen as robust, full human beings that have anger and have joy. We want to be able to just freely have that joy. Like everybody else does.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
See, Indira Gandhi was wrong in declaring the Emergency. She tried to put me in jail, but she could not. People voted her back, and I worked with her after that. Even though I was not a member of the Congress, she sought my help on China. You can't have personal vendetta, you see.
- Healthcare
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether wisely or not, one of the first priorities of the incoming Obama administration was to present a package of healthcare benefits, which, to no one's surprise, produced an uproar in Congress and an assortment of polls declaring that the majority of Americans were opposed to it.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the Shin Bet did in the Bus 300 affair is no less than declaring a revolt. They took the methods of manipulation, disinformation, threats, blackmail, etc. and instead of using them against the enemy, they used these tactics against their own side.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a crime against humanity that is so awesome in scale and death, it is more than permissible to look around and say, who recently has been declaring war on the United States? Of course, the compass points straight to bin Laden.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am one of the first political leaders officially declaring that anti-Semitism is a crime. I expect an official declaration that Islamophobia is a crime against humanity as well.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think publicly declaring that mistakes are a part of how we grow and how we heal is absolutely necessary.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Judges should be in the business of declaring what the law is using the traditional tools of interpretation, rather than pronouncing the law as they might wish it to be in light of their own political views.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Political people give speeches and espouse positions declaring that America is the best and strongest nation in the world.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020