#cons

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. ↗

— Mike Pence

#believes #check #conservative #free #government

Constellations shine with light that was emitted aeons ago, and I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to illuminate life's mysteries. But there is nothing. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life

You see, greatness for a state doesn't require some huge monument for all to see. It is not a journey to a particular destination - but a commitment to follow a course of constant and never-ending improvement. ↗

— Sonny Perdue

#constant #course #destination #follow #greatness

Anyone who considers using a weapon of mass destruction against the United States or its allies must first consider the consequences... We would not specify in advance what our response would be, but it would be both overwhelming and devastating. ↗

— William J. Perry

#against #allies #anyone #both #consequences

What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#being #being done #beset #consciences #done

They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#desert #engaged #horses #night #our

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency. ↗

— Gifford Pinchot

#efficiency #inevitable #national #outgrowth #result

The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#between #book #connections #constitution #debates

I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#championships #constantly #fitness #i #improving

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness. ↗

— Max Planck

#dictate #ego #human #human consciousness #immediate