#gains

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#aggression #civilization #consequences #defend #even

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be true: they possess value only as symptoms, they come into consideration only as symptoms - in themselves such judgments are stupidities. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#be true #come #concerning #consideration #into

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#always #favor #gained #him #his

Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice. ↗

— Max Nordau

#before #built #citizens #civilization #crimes

Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

#against #always #blue #bones #destruction

I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#am #back #does #every #every night

I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#alone #crush #even #forces #ground

I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. ↗

— Barack Obama

#capital #capital gains #family #firm #form

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. ↗

— Barack Obama

#appear #consider #fight #i #islam

The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#against #bible #church #does #freedom