#first

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#crimes #fatal #first #further #had

If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first. ↗

— Chris Christie

#ahead #become #behind #decisions #economic

Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children. ↗

— Chris Christie

#because #become #believe #children #compete

Geometry was the first exciting course I remember. ↗

— Steven Chu

#exciting #first #geometry #i #i remember

Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned. ↗

— Fred Upton

#care #coverage #different #envisioned #first

But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument. ↗

— Midge Ure

#first #foremost #guitar #instrument

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#courage #esteemed #first #guarantees #human

The first lesson I've learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms - I mean, what works for you doesn't necessarily work for your friend. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#first #friend #i #internal #learned

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#candidates #done #first #first of all #good