#dig

The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#closed #compromise #conciliation #conflict #dignity

Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling: let them stay scared senseless. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#disasters #example #falling #labour #only

Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#incapacity #indignity #pain #personal

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#company #crowd #digestion #even #exercised

The proliferation of outlets that digital technology has enabled has itself contributed to the changing nature of what we regard as 'news' and the way in which many citizens perceive politics. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#citizens #contributed #digital #enabled #itself

Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity. ↗

— Terry Waite

#both #captive #captors #dignity #each

Give me good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; but where and how that something comes I leave to Thee, who knoweth best. ↗

— Mary Webb

#best #comes #digest #digestion #give

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#development #dignity #emphasize #i #ideal

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important. ↗

— Mae West

#anymore #censorship #dignity #doing #films

Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat. ↗

— George C. Williams

#crossing #descendant #digestive #each #end