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The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey.

The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.

No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy.

Your strike will not win. You cannot be allowed to succeed.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

You cannot be this successful without having God on your side.

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency.

Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.

Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.

The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.

I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare.

And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that balance in which the fate and condition of man is weighed.

An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

It is evident that one cannot say anything demonstrable about the problem before having resolved these preliminary questions, and yet we hardly possess the necessary information to solve some of them.

China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot.

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.