America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it. Ernest Gellner
But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created. Fred F. Fielding
[T]here has never been a society in all of human history where the average person did not have to work. Sure, some crapulent prince could lay around all day and do nothing, but everyone else had to till the soil or pound the anvil or carry a spear. Jonah Goldberg
In 1968 the end of art was announced, but this was for political reasons and for the wrong reasons. At that time it was believed that as long as there were only formal relationships, one did not have to deal with a luxury such as art. Anselm Kiefer
When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on. Luis Figo
I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to. Joyce Meyer