Establish

Famous quotes containing the word establish:

    The conclusion suggested by these arguments might be called the paradox of theorizing. It asserts that if the terms and the general principles of a scientific theory serve their purpose, i. e., if they establish the definite connections among observable phenomena, then they can be dispensed with since any chain of laws and interpretive statements establishing such a connection should then be replaceable by a law which directly links observational antecedents to observational consequents.
    —C.G. (Carl Gustav)

    Reinhold Niebuhr observes that the sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
    Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

    To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)