The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle.
Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.
That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
The actuality of all of material Nature is therefore kept out of action and that of all corporeality along with it, including the actuality of my body, the body of the cognizing subject.
The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
All men of action are dreamers.
Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.
It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's like being the piano player in a whorehouse; you don't have any control over the action going on upstairs.
Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you.
Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.