#holding

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler. ↗

— Samuel Morse

#being #character #condition #employer #having

Our hope, and it's a sad hope, is that... well, I mean we need a tip. That's why we have such a big reward. We just hope that someone is holding her for her child and that we can, you know, get her back with a tip. ↗

— Scott Peterson

#big #child #get #her #holding

In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they have been infinitely more effective in getting away with it. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#been #brazen #creationists #effective #evolutionary

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#common good #each #formed #good #nation

Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin. ↗

— Eason Jordan

#information #innocent #innocent people #journalistic #killed

My Uncle, of course, would have been pleased to see someone with brown skin holding the office of president. ↗

— Alveda King

#brown #course #holding #office #pleased

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#daring #fear #grows #holding #valor

I know what it's like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places, they are trying to do things. But, in most cases, it's a holding cell. ↗

— Lee Tergesen

#away #being #big #big problem #cases

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#difficulties #grief #hardships #holding-hands #life

When you refuse to settle for less than the best...the best tends to track you down. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#knowing-your-worth #life #living-your-best #not-settling #positive-thinking