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Unless Quotes

The word that quietly changes everything before it.

Unless is the hinge word for conditions and exceptions, and this collection uses it for everything from a civic principle that freedom only really holds when it's protected for everyone, to a personal preference for skipping video review unless genuinely necessary.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

Quotes by Adnan Pachachi

I'm not going to do a film unless there's something in it to excite me.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

I'm not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun... Not unless I have to!

Quotes by Adam Savage

You don't make a statement unless you make noise.

Quotes by Adam Cole

Condition Quotes

I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.

Quotes by Action Bronson

God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.

Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel

The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.

Quotes by William O. Douglas

I don't like to watch dailies or video playback unless I have to.

Quotes by William Fichtner

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.

Quotes by William Blackstone

Emotion Quotes

Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German.

Quotes by Victoria de los Angeles

Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.

Quotes by Tupac Shakur

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Quotes by Tacitus

I don't feel awake in the morning unless I've showered.

Quotes by Stella Maxwell

Logic Quotes

Unless they're a fugitive or a felon, or adjudicated mentally ill, we're not against them buying guns at all.

Quotes by Sarah Brady

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.

Quotes by River Phoenix

I won't write about a subject unless I've mastered it.

Quotes by Raymond Kethledge

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Philip Roth

Possibility Quotes

We will not know unless we begin.

Quotes by Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Unless quotes page cover?
It covers the conditions and exceptions attached to promises, freedoms, and personal habits, all hinging on the word unless.
Why does one quote link liberty to the word unless?
It makes a civic point: individual freedom only really holds up if it's protected for everyone, not just for some.
Are these quotes only about serious or civic topics?
No, one entry uses the word for a simple personal preference, like skipping video review unless it's genuinely necessary.
Is there a quote about the legitimacy of law?
Yes, one line argues that a rule only counts as real law once it meets a higher standard of legitimacy.
Where can I find more quotes about reasoning and conditions?
See our Logic quotes for more on structured thinking.

It also frames a broader argument about legitimacy, the idea that a rule only counts as law once it lines up with a higher standard. For more on reasoning through conditions, see our Logic and Possibility quotes.