Constitute

Famous quotes containing the word constitute:

    Abatement in the hostility of one’s enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.
    Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)

    Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.
    Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)

    Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.
    Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)