#broken

My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear. ↗

— James Longstreet

#broken #changed #command #corps #defeat

There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended. ↗

— James Longstreet

#blows #broken #could #effort #failed

I like rules that are broken. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#i #like #rules

My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It may be repaired, polished, and replaced part by part. But, for me, it remains the table at which I daily write. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#broken #daily #dimly #i #ink

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#given #necessity #past #present #promise

All records are not made to be broken. ↗

— Karl Malone

#made #records

The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted. ↗

— Edouard Manet

#been #broken #constantly #feels #i

Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you. ↗

— Billy Mays

#broken #busted #buying #everybody #fix

Americans are rightly concerned about the security and the integrity of the nation's borders because the system is broken. Some are concerned about the possibility of terrorists crossing our borders and coming into our cities. ↗

— Chris Cannon

#because #borders #broken #cities #coming

Ten years ago, Republicans decided it was time to reform our broken welfare system and give welfare recipients the tools they needed to escape the system and build a better life. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#better #better life #broken #build #decided