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)

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

    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)