When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.
I went to M.I.T. in the summer of 1951 as a 'C.L.E. Moore Instructor.' I had been an instructor at Princeton for one year after obtaining my degree in 1950. It seemed desirable more for personal and social reasons than academic ones to accept the higher-paying instructorship at M.I.T.
The disaster at the Bay of Pigs intensified Kennedy's doubts about listening to advisers from the CIA, the Pentagon, or the State Department who had misled him or allowed him to accept lousy advice.
The United States does not accept foreign meddling in our elections, and we shouldn't have an ambassador attempting to intrude in another country's political affairs.
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
As a former member of the IRA, I accept all the responsibilities that are due to me. But in terms of the individual circumstances, I don't comment on that.
The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime.
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
I'm choosing not to accept the Trumpification of the GOP as an irreversible fact.
It is righteous to receive state subsidies to make films that criticise the state - I want Japanese people to accept such European values.
One cannot accept Christ and still be part of the normative Jewish community; one cannot live by Torah and still be part of the Church.
Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken.
They want it all - all As, all wins by 20, and want the highest GPA. Don't coach at Kentucky if you can't accept that.
I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable.
I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.
The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror.
I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.
Never, never, will I accept, on issues of integrity, comparisons with the Liberal party.
