Stifle Quotes

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Today, the death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation. - Jennifer Dunn

This underscores the problem with the RIAA... They don't even have to file a lawsuit; just the threat is enough to stifle research. - Robin Gross

This is a natural area for energy development. And it's not going to be stifled. People are going to complain and all that stuff but they're not going to stop it. Hopefully, they'll get it to where it's far more acceptable to more people. - Robert Loucks

This fee will stifle new construction. Developers are being blamed for sprawl. Local governments develop general plans, and developers, both residential and commercial, build on property based on those plans. - Nathan Magsig

They were all unsuccessful in the legislative route because of the ability of the people who oppose (the imports) to stifle them. - Andy Troszok

They meant abnormal. Divisions of the kind were fashionable at that time, and it was so easy to stifle one's need to help by deciding that help could neither be accepted nor understood. - Janet Frame

These powers are not intended to stifle free speech or legitimate debate about religions or other issues. - Charles Clarke

There's so, so many pros and cons to the new system. Overall, the new system has made me a very strong skater; I have never been in better shape. It does stifle creativity. ... You go for what's going to get you the most points. Most of the time, it's ugly. It's not a pretty sport now. - Johnny Weir