Famous quotes containing the word unable:
“To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.”
—Nigel Lawson (b. 1932)
“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government—not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)