#ives

I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#atomic #atomic bomb #back #bomb #decision

On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#arrives #before #house #hurdles #immigration

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#creativity #doorway #effort #give #groaning

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#gives #hope #how #leader #matter

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#being #committed #enriching #focus #genuine

I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#anniversary #bombings #cities #civil #civil society

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#dramatic #education #effects #following #human

The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#dignity #each #ensure #individual #lives

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#choosing #fur #instead #real #saving

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#gentleman #getting #gives #hardly #himself