Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.
The practice of narrative and argument does not lead to invention, but it compels a certain coherence of thought.
It's not that I will die, but if I stop partying, it will lead to extreme complications in my wellbeing.
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.
But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.
The amount of random conversations that lead to culture-shifting ideas is insane.
My admonition is, 'No counterterrorism lead goes uncovered.'
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.
Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.
He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.
I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.
We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.
I made a lot of money, but you can dangerously let it lead you on. It depends what company you keep.
Encryption threatens to lead all of us to a very dark place.
Despite the hours spent debating different models of general education, the choices faculties make rarely lead to any significant difference in the cognitive development of undergraduates.