#approve

I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them. ↗

— Peter King

#after #anyone #approved #barack #barack obama

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#because #boldness #even #existence #fear

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#because #blindfolded #boldness #call #even

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#cannot #care #fool #i #i care

The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it. ↗

— Buchi Emecheta

#approve #book #bride #burnt #done

When bureaucrats talk about increasing our 'access' to x, y or z, what they're really talking about is increasing exponentially their control over our lives. As it is with the government health care takeover, so it is with the newly approved government plan to 'increase' Internet 'access.' ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#access #approved #bureaucrats #care #control

I am on my way, and tell him he better watch his ass!” Jack shouted, and I held the phone away from ear so it wouldn’t damage my eardrums. “Real mature, Jack,” Peter scoffed ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#my-blood-approves #maturity

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order? ↗

— Xun Zi

#conforms #desires #even #good #harm

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#across #always #being #clear #common

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time. ↗

— Tommy Hilfiger

#bush #conversations #countries #dark #dark time