#eaten

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#among #democrat #domination #endangered #government

There've been times when I've bought a whole pound of cheese and walked down the street and eaten it in one go. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#bought #cheese #down #eaten #go

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#any #country #display #doctrines #does

I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world. ↗

— George Voinovich

#bullies #children #destruction #everyday #fear

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past. ↗

— Peter Welch

#also #american #american family #average #average american

Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it. ↗

— George C. Williams

#avoid #evolving #extinction #human #most

The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#apparent #defense #democracy #failures #forces

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#beaten #becomes #champion #filled #general

I know he was definitely beaten by her. I saw it many times. But we had a different way of dealing with her. He'd let her have more and more booze until she passed out. ↗

— David Gest

#booze #dealing #definitely #different #different way

Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#essential #extreme #extreme poverty #freedoms #humane