#acknowledge

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#against #aggression #assert #barren #chose

We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do. ↗

— James Levine

#employees #employers #found #issue #just

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty. ↗

— Eric Liu

#calls #constitution #critical #critical role #demand

Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them right as soon as possible and put those behind them into account, bring them to account. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#acknowledge #any #behind #bring #commit

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#becoming #better #constitution #good #having

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#freedom #god #law #prospers #religion

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. ↗

— Jane Austen

#fortune #good #good fortune #man #must

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#course #done #i #league #need

It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking the riddles of their field. Scientists have not generally needed or wanted to be philosophers. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

#analysis #crisis #device #field #generally

You ask people what their ethnicity is, and a lot of Scots-Irish people either don't know or if they know it they just don't acknowledge it. It's not something they really identify with. They're just plain old Americans, plain vanilla. I don't think they are a self-conscious voting bloc. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#ask #bloc #either #ethnicity #i