#lt

In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#casualties #cause #container #could #day

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. ↗

— George Orwell

#does #exists #felt #forces #him

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. ↗

— George Orwell

#aspire #beings #felt #genuinely #human

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return. ↗

— George Orwell

#another #any #assume #child #deeply

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. ↗

— George Orwell

#custard pie #dirty #every #funny #joke

This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#fun #game #having #having fun #i

I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state. ↗

— George Osborne

#british #british people #country #doctor #employed

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks. ↗

— Ovid

#betray #difficult #guilt #how #looks

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. ↗

— John Osborne

#bothering #easy #immediate #ones #questions