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A ruler can decide that certain but not any lesser evils may be tolerated because freedom is good, perfection is unatainable, and outlawing particular sins might lead to more abusive governance.
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Have you seen that famous picture of a guy looking like he is holding the moon up in his hands, or the setting sun being held in his hands. similar idea but more clear view of something unatainable being held.
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And whne I say can't I mean it can be but not plausibly in this world where the people I like are actually nice and faithful and wonderful and completely unatainable.
6/11/03--go away, leech! annabellee3 2003
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Maybe the fact that he's unatainable made it that much more perfect for me ... no hurt, no embarrassment, no pain.
4/28/03--depressed annabellee3 2003
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They will have to receive their political faiths from those, whose opportunities have given them an extent of information, and superiority of understanding, unatainable by them whose misfortune it may have been to be poor.
The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. I Charles Lee 1908
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Many say the fruits of growth in this formerly socialist economy have been funneled almost entirely to a politically connected elite, leaving average Egyptians surrounding by unatainable symbols of wealth such as luxury housing and high-priced elections as they struggle to find jobs, pay daily bills and find affordable housing.
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The holy grail of an automated executable specification may be unatainable and even unadvisable for a two of reasons.
Geekswithblogs.net 2010
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The Supreme Court did not allow the recount in Florida to go to its conclusion, and set a deadline for Gore that was unatainable.
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The Supreme Court did not allow the recount in Florida to go to its conclusion, and set a deadline for Gore that was unatainable.
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The Supreme Court did not allow the recount in Florida to go to its conclusion, and set a deadline for Gore that was unatainable.
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