#dom

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#abroad #cannot #defend #deserting #freedom

There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates. ↗

— Pervez Musharraf

#debates #differences #flowing #freedom #intellectual

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture. ↗

— Robert Musil

#cast #existence #good #optical #our

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

#commitment #more #nobility #ostentation #rather

It's funny how cucumber water can taste so much better than pickle juice, even though they come from the same source. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#funny #pickles #random #funny

I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#courage #defended #freedom #history #i

I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#domestic #eliminate #hinder #i #investing

John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#cable #car #dominate #john #media

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#democracy #determined #fascism #freedom #fundamentalism

One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#america #best #commitment #environment #freedom