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No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.

Woodrow Wilson

In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.

Stephen Jay Gould

By this letter I wish to formally notify you that I will continue to withhold my consent to the proposed realignment of Kulis Air National Guard Base in Anchorage and the 'warm storage' of Eielson Air Force Base until I receive assurances that the mission of the Air National Guard will not be compromised in Alaska.

Frank Murkowski

The protocols were designed to help protect the athletes' rights. We're not trying to withhold anything; we're doing what we're supposed to do in relation to a robust anti-doping program.

Mike Hooper

No one wants to withhold relief funding for survivors of Katrina, ... the red flag to show there's something wrong going on here.

Will Adams

(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.

Matthew Gervais

You don't have a filing requirement because you don't have a tax due. But if you had withholding, you've paid tax. It's worth your while to file a return to get your money back.

Mark Luscombe

This is the mechanism by which we withhold money.

Charles Blixt

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

Samuel Johnson

What happens is, you get public agencies using that as an excuse, to withhold information that has nothing to do with Homeland Security.

Jon Fleischaker

Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.

Mary Manin Morrissey

We are going to withhold the portion of the rent increase that we feel is unfair and unreasonable.

Don Blatchford

We're still not convinced there is a good reason for the government to withhold what is typically a public document. However, this new order is the correct legal way for the government to try to prevent the release of the report, as opposed to the unconstitutional effort to control the flow of information in a free society.

George Cox

This rental income, and every dollar BRC receives, goes to help homeless people. With the millions of dollars CBGB claims to take in every year, it is unfortunate CBGB would want to withhold these funds, knowing who would benefit from them.

Muzzy Rosenblatt

I think a lot of folks have withheld judgment because they recognize the source of these attacks, that is the state Democratic Party. People in Montana, I think, have been withholding judgment until they hear from Conrad directly.

Mark Baker

We can't comment specifically other than to say that we're considering all options to move this project along as quickly as we can. Our view is they (the irrigation district) can't legally withhold permission.

Craig Quintana

A home address certainly could be traced to the child. I don't know that simply withholding the name is an adequate privacy protection.

Tena Friery

I think there will be contract ramifications from their performance last night. Whether it's withholding pay, seeking appropriate remedies, all that's got to be assessed.

Langdon Neal

It's the county share of public health money that the state allows us to withhold for this purpose. It won't mean any more money coming from the county. It will just be what's been held for us to use for local construction.

Bill Leach

The wording of the manual will hopefully mitigate the problem. But for somebody looking for a reason to begin withholding the information, the form gives them that justification.

Dennis Bailey

The people who can least afford it sign up for these loans. Adjust your withholding, talk to your landlord or borrow from your mother--almost anything is better than one of these loans.

Gail Cunningham

Unless there's overwhelming reason to withhold the information, the public's need to know should come first.

Al Tompkins

Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.

Anzia Yezierska

If you get to the point where you're just vamping just to withhold the trump card about the central mystery.

Mark Frost

Converg-e and CAMA will create and send SWIFT messages to the service bureau where the they will be processed to optimize withholding tax. Tax reclaim credits are then generated for client accounts.

John Byrne

Going with a third party brings a level of integrity to it. The neutrality makes the sellers more comfortable. If I'm hosting the auction, suppliers may not be comfortable that I'm treating everyone fairly. They might think that I'm withholding information from some and giving it to others.

Michael Mcgaugh

The public owns these records. It's our right to have them. They don't get to withhold them just because they don't agree with us.

Kay Brown

If you're getting a significant refund, you're probably withholding too much and you're giving the government an interest-free loan.

John Battaglia

More than two years after we filed our Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI continues to withhold documents that the public clearly has a right to see. As we've been saying from the outset, the public has a right to know what the government's policies were and who put them in place.

Jameel Jaffer

Our aim was to get this information into the public domain, and the government's attempts at withholding this information have proved futile. The government has fought this tooth and nail.

Amrit Singh

The arrogance displayed by the Duke players is so disturbing. The fact that so many athletes have decided to withhold information really says something about their moral compass.

Kathy Redmond

The Eagles told Terrell, the arbitrator, and the media that Terrell would be paid for the balance of this year when he returned from his suspension, and now they are instead withholding his pay. We therefore filed this grievance both for his protection and that of players generally, who deserve to have their CBA and their contracts enforced as written.

Richard Berthelsen

Now, I don't expect our government to guarantee us low natural-gas prices. I do expect that our government will not withhold natural gas supply that they control.

Dan Dimicco

We just have to get this case moving as quickly as possible. Hopefully (Judge Shake) will withhold judgment until after this case is settled.

Scott Barton

This case raises questions about doctors' 'rush to judgment' in declaring people with brain injury permanently unconscious and about the state's ? through the courts and its agencies ? eagerness to withhold treatment and end their lives.

Stephen Drake

YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it.

Ambrose Bierce

One wants to be sure that terrorism is not used as a pretext for withholding information that the public needs to assess government policy and performance, ... It looks to me like the government is overreaching in some cases.

Steven Aftergood

This is probably the most important newspaper capitulation since the New York Times yielded to John F. Kennedy's call for them to not run the full story of planning for the Bay of Pigs. By withholding the country names, the Post is directly enabling the rendition, secret detention, and torture of prisoners at these locations to continue. That is a ghastly responsibility.

Peter Kornbluh

The people most in need of tax fairness have been targeted for no other reason than that they are low income. There is absolutely no basis for withholding these refunds and to do so constitutes an extraordinary violation of fundamental taxpayer rights and fairness.

David Marzahl

The state and its institutions must withhold from this vile and despicable murderer rights that are granted to other convicts, considering the crime was committed against the State of Israel and Israeli democracy.

Yossi Lahmani

It's not perfect and should be closer to $2 billion, but the five-year program satisfies the federal government, which won't threaten to withhold $1.4 billion of federal transportation funding. Projects held up for years without funding will get done.

Martin Robins

I don't want to be insensitive to legitimate concerns about security and smooth operation. There are legitimate reasons for government officials to withhold some information, but I'm not sure this is one of those situations. I just don't see what the urgent need for secrecy is for these numbers.

Bill Lueders

This is without a doubt the most withholding of support for a CEO of a major company that I have ever seen. It's really an expression of dissatisfaction.

Kevin Calabrese

I think [running again] says a lot about the player because teams come here to see guys compete. I think players forget that sometimes. There's not a lot of advantage from withholding your services.

Mike Huyghue

This was uncovered by our employees. To withhold donations would be to punish the families.

Jonathan Barnett

We thank Pennsylvania State Police for everything they have done so far in the investigation of my brother's death. But we're fearful some people who have information may be withholding information because they are fearful of coming forward (to police).

Heather Kunkle

I have known Coach Winn a long time and I know he always makes a run in the second half. I just told my players to stick with it and to withhold the pressure.

Scott Ogden

The Eagles told Terrell, the arbitrator, and the media that Terrell would be paid for the balance of this year when he returned from his suspension, and now they are instead withholding his pay. We therefore filed this grievance both for his protection and that of players generally, who deserve to have their CBA . . . enforced as written.

Richard Berthelsen

People sometimes think of a tax refund as forced savings, yet, in reality, the taxpayer has provided a loan to the government without earning any interest. If a refund is substantial, check with the human resources department at work to adjust withholding to better match your tax liability.

Carol Young

The strength of the evidence is so overwhelming at this point that it would be almost impossible to withhold this drug from the appropriate group of patients.

Gabriel Hortobagyi

It's becoming more and more common for developers to have to pay these costs. The county now uses them as an implicit threat. If you want to develop something and the level of service is considered substandard, the county will threaten to withhold permits until you upgrade the service yourself.

Kerry Kirschner

Though investors were rattled by the lack of Q&A following a terse call, we believe reticence reflects heightened sensitivity in light of the pending SEC settlement, rather than any intent to withhold negative color.

Edward Maguire

Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.

Eason Jordan