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Freedom is the recognition of contingency.
History is about great forces, yes, but also about contingency.
That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.
[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . .
He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime.
To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.
It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.
And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.
The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.
When you see John Boehner crying, believe you me, it's because he cannot control, uh, that wild contingency called the Tea Party.
There is certainly a strong game development community in Texas, centered around Austin, with a significant additional contingency coming over from Dallas.
Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about.
A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail.
New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch with the enemy that we face. We can't spin our way out of this threat.
In an increasingly volatile and uncertain world, the men and women of the Iowa National Guard play a vital role in overseas contingency operations, domestic response missions and aggressive training exercises to remain a ready and reliable force.
That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.