Adequate

Famous quotes containing the word adequate:

“Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

“Remorse is cureless—the Disease
Not even God—can heal—
For ‘tis His institution—and
The Adequate of Hell—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)