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Divest Quotes

Words on divesting rights, money, and old habits

These divest quotes explore legal principles around vested contract rights that a later law cannot quotes simply undo.

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

New York City must divest the hundreds of millions of dollars we have invested in Walmart for far too long, dollars that are only fueling violence and undermining the greater public interest. Once our nation's largest city does so, I...

Quotes by Letitia James

When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights.

Quotes by John Marshall

When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights. The people can act only by their agents and, within the powers conferred upon...

Quotes by John Marshall

Approach Quotes

As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles.

Quotes by James Wolcott

I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are they necessarily inseparable? Is man really so much of a philosopher, that he can conceive of truth in...

Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper

So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find some little seed crystal of interest, a sentence or an image or an idea, and as...

Quotes by George Saunders

But when you're writing a script - for me anyway - you have to sort of create an enforced innocence. You have to divest yourself of worrying about a lot of stuff like what movies are hot, what movies are...

Quotes by David Cronenberg

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

Quotes by Algernon Sidney

Frequently Asked Questions

What legal idea do these divest quotes explain?
They explain that once rights are vested under a contract, a later repeal of that law cannot simply divest those rights.
Do these quotes discuss financial divestment?
Yes, one calls for divesting city funds from a company over concerns about its broader public impact.
Is divesting always about money or law?
Not always. One quote uses divest more broadly, describing letting go of familiar physical objects in a digital future.
What real-world example of divestment appears here?
One quote specifically calls for New York City to divest hundreds of millions of dollars invested in Walmart.
What related quotes pair with this theme?
Readers may enjoy approach quotes for more on philosophies of change and letting go.

Others call for financial divestment from companies over ethical concerns, and one takes a philosophical approach quotes to digitizing physical life.