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Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure read more
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
 Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
 [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]  
 Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
 [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] 
 Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
 As well as surest prompter of invention.  
 Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
 As well as surest prompter of invention. 
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
 So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
 The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed.  
 So spake the Fiend, and with necessity,
 The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deed. 
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two read more
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.