The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
John Stuart Mill

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
William Hazlitt

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
John Le Carre

The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.
Talcott Parsons

The main concern was making sure the kids didn't get caught in the middle.
Hunter Tylo

The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the conclusions at which they arrive, and that their primary concern is to follow their premises to their logical conclusions.
Morris Raphael Cohen

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.
Malcolm De Chazal

The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.
Mitchell Reiss

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.
Mitchell Reiss

The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
Daniel Dennett

The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated because of our involvement in foreign conflicts and quarrels that were never our concern.
Amir Butler

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.
Lyn Nofziger

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
Alexander Solzehnitsyn

The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
Italo Calvino

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
William Hazlitt

The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat.
Esa-Pekka Salonen

The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct.
Richard Le Gallienne

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

The things that concern us during the day are going to influence what we experience during the night.
Henry Reed

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
William Hazlitt