76 Quotes About Arbitrary

Sometimes deadlines help and sometimes they don't make much of a difference. They rarely hurt, unless they are arbitrary or excessively short. But if you are working in good faith and the deadlines can be extended if progress is being made, they work well.

The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary.

It is not the source but the limitation of power which prevents it from being arbitrary.

To many, the word coercion implies arbitrary decisions of distant and irresponsible bureaucrats; but this is not a necessary part of its meaning.

The ballot is only useful as a screen from arbitrary power.

According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.

To be fully comfortable to the principle of right, the form of government must be representative. This is the only one that permits republicanism, without which the government is arbitrary and despotic, whatever the constitution may be.

We are calling on the Department of Energy to back down on the arbitrary race to deal with the waste. The decisions that are made will have consequences into the distant future.

We're not going to be tied to an arbitrary date on the calendar. We haven't scheduled it yet. If it's needed we want to make sure it has maximum impact.