I have struggled against tyranny. I didn't do that in order to substitute another.
Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness.
Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.
Let the past abolish the past when -- and if -- it can substitute something better.
You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship
In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.
Nothing so tends to mask the face of God as religion; it can be a substitute for God himself.
There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies.
Politics is a substitute for violence.
If words fall into disrepair, what will substitute? They are all we have
Information is a substitute for time, space, capital, and labor.
A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation.
The best substitute for money is ingenuity.
Nutritional supplements are not a substitute for a nutritionally balanced diet.
There's no substitute for work. There are no shortcuts. There are no secrets.
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
Friendship can only be addition to, not a substitute for true love
You leave out God, and you substitute the devil.
Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
There is no substitute for character. You can buy brains but you cannot buy character.
God never got around to creating a substitute for experience.
Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge.
Consensus is a poor substitute for leadership.
