Barack Obama
Politician
"Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense"
Offense quotes
Offense
71 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Brigham Young
Religious Leader
"He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary."
Jose Antonio Vargas
Journalist, Activist
"To be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one."
Deepak Chopra
Author, Speaker
"Mastery of awareness requires that you never take personal offense."
Bob Marley
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"The Truth An Offense But Not A Sin"
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"When someone gives you offense, it doesn't mean you have to take it."
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"None are as offended as those who contrive offense."
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"Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and some time after the offense, rather than at the time."
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"Warrantless wiretapping is an impeachable offense. It couldn't be any clearer."
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"And where the offense is, let the great axe fall."
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"Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?"
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"Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense."
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"Every offense is avenged on earth."
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"No one paid attention to my offense. So having 2,000 hits is one of the things that is an accomplishment."
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"She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense."
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"The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult."
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"I can't ask the offense to score slower."
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"Little liberties are great offenses."
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"My responsibility is to get people into the offense."
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"Restorative justice says "No, the offense affected a relationship" and what you are seeking for is to restore the relationship, to heal the relationship."
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"It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse."
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"Every offense is not a hate at first."
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"I think of customer service as an offense and not a defense"
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"We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses."
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