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abject gradually met portions promptly sink thoroughly ties union weaker
If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be left to us, as the weaker of the two, but to sever all political ties or sink down into abject submission. John C. Calhoun
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This string sextet by Schoenberg is based on a Viennese poem in which a women walks with her lover under the moon and confesses that she is pregnant by another man. The man tells his love he will stay with her no matter what and raise the child. The arc of the piece moves from abject sorrow and guilt to joy and underscores the transformative power of love and commitment. Michael Barrett
abject apply failure measure next success utter
With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success. Ben Carson
abject conscious countries driven forward poverty urgent
We are conscious of the abject poverty that so many countries and individuals face. We're being driven forward by the urgent need to act, Gordon Brown
abject paper work
My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly. Kara Walker
abject born full luther martin memphis music riches rock
Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide. Shawn Amos
abject building corruption depends handle orleans public school survival system three viable violent
New Orleans' survival depends on three things. Getting a handle on violent crime, building a viable public school system and eradicating the abject and debilitating corruption that that has plagued New Orleans for so long. Jim Letten
abject billions cook count electricity food fuel living people
There are still hundreds of millions, billions of people living in abject poverty around the world. They need electricity. They need electricity they can count on, that they can afford. They need fuel to cook their food on that's not animal dung. Rex Tillerson
abject anxieties box cardboard grew impression liverpool mean money
I don't want to give this impression that I grew up in Liverpool in a cardboard box in abject poverty, but that didn't mean there weren't anxieties in my childhood about money. Cherie Blair
absurd aware room
When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are. Robin McLeavy
absurd advocate einstein expressed good great ideas notion similar
Einstein was a great advocate of the notion that good ideas look absurd at the beginning. Camus expressed a similar view. Michael Leunig
absurd bills federal government next orleans pays unless unlikely
unless the federal government adopts New Orleans as its ward and pays all its bills for the next 20 years--an unlikely to absurd proposition--the place won't be rebuilt. Dennis Hastert
absurd bit easily everyday life pull routines seems stuck wakes weird wider
I think we get stuck in routines so easily that when an absurd moment in life seems to be there for no reason, it wakes you up out of your everyday pattern. You pull back and look at life a little bit wider because of that one weird thing you weren't expecting. Kurt Braunohler
absurdity came joke life lives order smell
I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place. Kurt Braunohler
absurd good job
I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense. 'Monty Python' does a good job of it; 'Bugs Bunny,' too. Reggie Watts
absurd anne grew jane loving
Like everyone else, I grew up loving the Anne books, but L.M. Montgomery is so much more. Like Jane Austen, she has an eye for the absurd and a gift for the 'mot juste.' Lauren Willig
absurd cartoonist clown comic outside seems sort
It seems so absurd to get really mad with a cartoonist over a comic strip. It's sort of like getting in a fight with a circus clown outside your house. It's not going to end well. Stephan Pastis
absurd business characters feature half identify japanese mad point related role scripts sent
About half the scripts sent to me feature characters I just can't identify with, particularly one-dimensional businessmen or, if it's a comedy, some absurd 10-year-old Japanese stereotype, some role related to IT or business... There's no point in getting mad about it; it's just the way things are. Ken Watanabe
assumption
The persecuting spirit has its origin... in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct. John Fiske
assumption opinions origin spirit
The persecuting spirit has its origin . . . in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct. John Fiske
assumption fallacy humans
The assumption that humans could be a reliable back up for the system was a fallacy! Astro Teller
assumption based happens highly lottery poll tickets until
We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then. Tom Shaheen
assumption dead evidence intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals
We have no intelligence or evidence that indicates that he (Bin Laden) is dead or incapacitated, so our working assumption is that he is still alive. Henry Crumpton
assumption immediate indication left somewhere
We have no indication that he has left this immediate area, so we make the assumption that he is still afoot or ... holed up somewhere in this area, Norm Stamper
assumption choice given guns natural question relationship revisit schools
We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered, Tom Daschle
assumption false money people time
It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop. Natalie Massenet
assumption enhances family finding reality reflects supposedly viability women work
What this finding reflects is the dissonance of today's reality and yesterday's old ideas. There's the assumption that family for women detracts from work while for men it supposedly enhances their viability and stability. Ellen Galinsky
conducting mine people
The people who were inspecting the mine will not be the people conducting the investigation. Ellen Smith
conducting foreign leverage oil political
We are not going to use oil as political leverage in conducting our foreign policy. Manouchehr Mottaki
conducting determine ground incident lives loss people prevent save violations
The (DENR) is conducting an in-depth probe into the incident to determine any culpabilities and violations of the law, ... Our people on the ground will try to save lives and prevent the loss of more (lives) in this gold-rush area. Ignacio Bunye
conducting human narratives time
As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time. David Hare
conducting continuing
I am still conducting an investigation, ... We are continuing our investigation. Michael Young
conducting market public revisit wants
If, after conducting market research, we find the public wants Christopher, we may revisit the decision. Brad Mitchell
conducting continuing criminal leads running
The criminal investigation is continuing at this time. We're running down new leads and conducting more interviews, H. Hunt
conducting knows master repertoire skilled technique true work
Gustav is a true master of the traditional repertoire; it's a real inspiration to work with someone who knows the repertoire with such intimacy. He's such a skilled communicator, and his conducting technique is unparalleled. Steve Collins
conducting council point security un
If we have to go back to UN Security Council resolutions, there is no point conducting this dialogue, Manmohan Singh
deluded doubt necessity war
Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. John McCain
deluded desire endless governed gratify imagine possess self subtle time truth worldly
Self is ingenious, crooked, and, governed by subtle and snaky desire, admits of endless turnings and qualifications, and the deluded worshippers of self vainly imagine that they can gratify every worldly desire, and at the same time possess the Truth James Allen
deluded face true
Without the True Guru, they are deluded by doubt, going to the world hereafter, what face will they show? O. Singh
five member
We are a five member board...we had no discussion, David Holden
five pennant race runs
We're in a pennant race here, ... We're doing everything we can to win. And five runs in two innings, we can't do that. Ron Gardenhire
five hot pandemic spotlight weeks zero
We started from zero five weeks ago to all this hot, hot spotlight on pandemic flu, but we're not going to be ready. Irwin Redlener
five helping lost match minutes start talk
We started five minutes after (Kline) lost. It's something you reel in right then. You start helping him refocus. You don't talk too much about the match he just lost but about what we're going to do in the future. You have to be there to help him. David Grant
five games losing loss months spent
We spent five months losing series. That's what has us five games back - not the loss tonight. Felipe Alou
five good hopefully level top
I never had goals to be in the top 10 or top five in the world. I just try to find the borders, find what level I can reach. I have a good team around me, so hopefully it's going to get even better. Lukas Rosol
five hundred sea travel undertaken
A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money. Lewis Hallam
five players regardless talent
We're not going to make excuses. You put five players on the court, regardless of who's hurt. Obviously, we have enough talent to win. Erick Dampier
five four helps softball sponsor summer teams
We also sponsor four or five softball teams which helps us during the summer months. Terry Stralow
government people should
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. Alan Moore
government giving enemy
In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government. Alan Green
government favors corruption
In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell. Alan Greenspan
government purpose regulators
The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something. Alan Greenspan
government support political
Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. A substantial part of the confiscation is effected by taxation. But the welfare statists were quick to recognize that if they wished to retain political power, the amount of taxation had to be limited and they had to resort to programs of massive deficit spending, i.e., they had to borrow money,by issuing government bonds, to finance welfare expenditures on a large scale. Alan Greenspan
government self credit
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity are in a state of shocked disbelief. Alan Greenspan
government giving needs
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution. Al Sharpton
government america united-states
If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
government opportunity work
We want the opportunity to work with the government on this. Andy Troszok
indian left less people politics realize
I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit. Larry Brilliant
indians
But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes. George Crook
indian-leader mind
The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included. Bodhidharma
indians regardless strikes time
What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background. Sundar Pichai
indian melodies music notes though time transcends unique
Though music transcends language, culture and time, and though notes are the same, Indian music is unique because it is evolved, sophisticated and melodies are defined. Dayananda Saraswati
indian milk mom people spices turn whenever
That's the Indian in me - you must put spices on everything. As a kid, whenever we got sick, my mom would take milk and put turmeric in it. That was our medicine. That was the cure-all. Some people turn to Robitussin. Aasif Mandvi
indiana later ourselves ready state
You'd like to see Indiana State a little later on in the schedule, but what are you going to do? We just have to get ourselves ready for that match. No excuses. J. Hoover
indian rural scientists transform work
All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
indiana
No one is better situated than we are in Indiana to do this. Matt Will
itself strength
One of the things that launched the strength in biotech is when the pharmaceutical industry itself got a little slow. Louis Navellier
itself lend setting troubled
With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But the setting didn't lend itself to girls. Louis Sachar
itself outcome risk shows
The outcome itself shows it was an unreasonable risk. Jeff Justice
itself legitimacy thus
Where 'Paranormal Activity' really comes into its own is its rhetoric of legitimacy - how it uses itself to authenticate itself, and thus furthers the pretence of being real. Stephen Graham Jones
itself left microsoft
What's left under MSN -- MSNBC? Microsoft just divested itself of that, too. Matt Rosoff
itself plan rules
The plan itself is still being drafted. We're working with HUD on rules and regulations. Pete Smith
itself ok stopped stuff sundance
There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok with the fact that I think Sundance is not going to be stopped by it, because he Festival is itself now, and doesn't need me out there to talk about it like I did years ago. Robert Redford
itself knew music
The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was. Enya
itself knocking narrative starts
When the narrative itself starts knocking on the glassed-in box that was your prescription for how you were going to write this novel... you have to listen to it. Jim Crace
likely rockets solid violent whether
Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular. Henry Spencer
likely puts september window
We're going to have to make some modifications to the tank, so that probably puts the September (launch) window into a not very likely possibility. William Gerstenmaier
likely understanding
We're more likely to be understanding than to be judgmental. David Carr
likely meaning ourselves setting tie
When our purpose is external, we may never find it. If we tie our purpose or meaning to our vocation, goal or an activity, we're more than likely setting ourselves up for suffering down the line. Kris Carr
likely volume
I'm working on something that's not yet novel-shaped but is something of a film-noir-flavored 'Alice in Wonderland.' It will also very likely be a single volume story and not the start of a series. Erin Morgenstern
likely normally problem
Least likely normally to have a problem is the kicker. Dick Vermeil
likely multiple parties
Settlement talks, if any, will likely be very complex, with multiple parties involved. Henry Blodget
likely problem
The overcrowding problem is likely to get worse. Keitaro Matsuda
likely overall remain sales somewhat total
The overall total of nominal sales is likely to remain somewhat weak. Anthony Chan
majority please
You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority. Chick Hearn
major musical players
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. Luc Ferrari
majority purpose shoulders
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. Bertolt Brecht
major plans
We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point, Robert Johnston
major whether
We were at a crossroads, whether we were going to have to doze it in or do some major repairs. Tim Wilson
major
The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it. Lisa Bonet
majority notebooks robert time
Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A Robert A. Heinlein
major resource
With the major resource stocks, the fundamentals still look very attractive. Frank Villante
majority played round train year
Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round anyway, so it's the same thing. Nykesha Sales
merely please stars struck
We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. John Webster
merely movies problem putting taking thinking
The problem with much of that thinking is that it's taking something from today, like movies, and merely putting it on the Web. Eric Rasmussen
merely remark subject
Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work. Charles Hodge
merely politics
Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools. Lord Salisbury
merely ownership raise raises reform
Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
merely proper
Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims. bell hooks
merely
No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing. Oscar Wilde
merely
'Accepting the Christ' is merely a shift in self-perception. Marianne Williamson
merely quotes
You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. Niels Bohr
millions
I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records. Katy Perry
millions
Let's just say it would be in the millions of dollars, F. Stone
millions pair restore surgery
A simple, well-proven surgery can restore sight to millions, and something even simpler, a pair of glasses, can make millions more see. Thulasiraj Ravilla
millions rainy sunday themselves
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz
millions people reason unified vote younger
So many millions of people don't feel like their vote has any meaning. There is no reason why younger people can't be a unified force. Mike Burkett
millions moment moments patient worthwhile
Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with yourself and with others, recognizing that there are millions of moments on the path to any worthwhile achievement. Menachem Mendel Schneerson
millions
If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets. Warren Ellis
millions politics
I'm in politics to make the lives of millions of Indians better. Nandan Nilekani
millions people somebody
I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons. Simon Cowell
nuclear weapons acquisition
The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it. Benjamin Netanyahu
nuclear problem
We have never had a problem with the nuclear reactor and it has been here for 38 years. Todd Simmons
nuclear weapons mass
If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too. Alan Sugar
nuclear technology valuable
U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected. Charles Bass
nuclear-terrorism forever suffering
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe. Ban Ki-moon
nuclear-disarmament world path
Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world. Ban Ki-moon
nuclear looks comedy
The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards. Billy Connolly
nuclear foundation trouble
While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble. Jane Jacobs
nuclear bombs physicist
The one great gift to humankind from our nuclear physicists has been the nuclear bomb. How can we ever thank them? Edward Abbey
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
possession goods insatiable
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. David Hume
possession struggle valuable
We're competitive now. We struggle to score. That's why every possession is so valuable to us. Dave Greenberg
possession power tendency time
There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it. John C. Calhoun
possession religion
One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it. Paul Harris
possession humans human-beings
No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession. Albert Camus
possession values
Understand that the only possession of any value is life. Andre Gide
possession
Our possessions don't own us any more, because we don't possess them. Dan Davis
possession
Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly. David Platt
possession proclamation
Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation. David Platt
shot
The other, the Klingensmith's cat, he'd shot and buried, Peter Edwards
shots
We started out well, and we made them take shots that we wanted them to. But Trinity's very good. And we just couldn't make any shots. Mitchell Davis
shots struggled
We struggled offensively all night. The shots just rolled off the rim. Scott Wilson
shot
We started off really sluggish. That shot got us going and started us rolling. Joevan Catron
shots
I usually wouldn't be this close to you without a tetnus shot. Cecily von Ziegesar
shots simple work
We have to get more traffic, simple plays, with more pucks on the net. Simple shots can work sometimes. Mariusz Czerkawski
shots
We're making shots and that's something that we haven't been able to do this year. Dick Davey
shot
We're going to give this a shot, and a shot is not one day. Ned Yost
shot stance
Especially in wind, each shot and stance can feel different, so it's important to first get comfortable. Keegan Bradley
states secretary
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. Madeleine Albright
states evident secretary
I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me. Madeleine Albright
states barometer interest
...interest is the barometer of the state... David Hume
states hyperbole constant
I live in a constant state of hyperbole. Eden Sher
states senators productive
I was very productive as a senator for my state. Carol Moseley Braun
states united
I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic. Sammy Sosa
states loses
Better lose me than lose a state. Susan B. Anthony
states subjects susceptibility
writers do not find subjects: subjects find them. There is not so much a search as a state of open susceptibility. Elizabeth Bowen
states united wants
Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon. Barack Obama
superpower
The U.S. will lose its status as the superpower of the world financial system. The world will become multi-polar. Peer Steinbruck
tests firsts beats
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ. David Guetta
tests failing explanation
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests. David Deutsch
tests majority failing
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. David Deutsch
tests poultry clients
I would expect an extremely high percentage of the chickens would test positive. Our poultry industry clients wouldn't like that. Bryan Shelton
tests firsts calling
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it. Arnold Bennett
tests faces indifference
The test of an invention is the power of an inventor to push it through in the face of staunch-not opposition, but indifference-in society. Edwin Land
tests way facts
Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact. Bill Nye
tests rings universe
The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it. C. S. Lewis
tests
We meet all life's greatest tests alone. Agnes Macphail
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told. Charles Dickens
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar. Charles Caleb Colton
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed. Charles Caleb Colton
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent. Charles Caleb Colton
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities. Charles Caleb Colton
time looks one-thing
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another. Charles Caleb Colton
time world overcoming
Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death. Charles Caleb Colton
time journey men
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. Charles Caleb Colton
time opportunity enemy
Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends. Charles Caleb Colton
united-states significant congress
Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States. Chris Chocola
united-states lines problem
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution. Denis McDonough
united-states states united
Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States. Charlaine Harris
united-states immigrants nations
The United States is historically a nation of immigrants. Charles Rangel
united-states may constitution
I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may. Abraham Lincoln
united-states folks collapse
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses. Bruce Springsteen
united-states grew states
I grew up in the United States. Dominique de Villepin
united
I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States. Barack Obama
united united-states
We (send) them all over the United States. Judy Dickson
weapons tools negotiating
Food is a tool. It is a weapon in the U.S. negotiating kit Earl Butz
weapons sometimes wounds
Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes. Cher
weapons changing-environment dinosaurs
The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers — and thermonuclear weapons. Arthur C. Clarke
weapons
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. Samuel Butler
weapons human-nature realizing
When the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in ... that's just human nature. Dianne Feinstein
weapons needs construction
We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves. Walter Benjamin
weapons mein-kampf willpower
If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower. Adolf Hitler
weapons sophisticated defeated
The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. Abu Bakar Bashir
weapons junk defeated
The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one which can be fought and perhaps defeated. Aldrich Ames