#aim

Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#become #claim #democratic #democratic party #democrats

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. ↗

— Paracelsus

#alchemy #consider #gold #lie #making

I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

#became #before #critical #going #hero

The Second World War claimed tens of millions of victims. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#millions #second #second world war #tens #victims

The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#deceptively #developing #east #economy #entire

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#high #i #long #long time #poet

All war aims for impunity. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#impunity #war

Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet. ↗

— Walter Reisch

#aim #earth #feet #galaxies #greatest

The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet. ↗

— Walter Reisch

#aim #earth #feet #galaxies #greatest

I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#because #claimed #germany #i #identity