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incite

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To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. Lester B. Pearson

The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government - one that leaves the way wide open for people to favor, discuss, advocate, or incite causes and doctrines however obnoxious and antagonistic such views may be to the rest of us. Hugo Black

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts. Hans Küng

If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence. Mahatma Gandhi

Born in a prison, with burdens on our shoulders and our thoughts, we could not reach the end of a single day if the possibilities of ending it all did not incite us to begin the next day all over again. Emil Cioran

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