#mit

The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject. ↗

— William Falconer

#anxieties #any #casual #employments #fear

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#any #defend #defense #even #grave

I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#anti-semitism #disgusted #europeans #i #i am

How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide! ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#asking #committed #dare #did #how

I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#europe #find #i #nearly #nurture

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream. ↗

— Adam Brody

#dream #fight #had #hundred #i

And, these Islamic fundamentalists, these radical terrorists, these Middle Eastern monsters are committed to destroying the Jewish nation, driving her into the Mediterranean, conquering the world. ↗

— Jerry Falwell

#conquering #destroying #driving #eastern #fundamentalists

As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#dedicated #entrepreneurship #gladly #government #i

They had no right, as it seems to me, to prosecute me in these Halls; nor have you the right in law or under the Constitution, as I respectfully submit, to take jurisdiction over offenses committed against them. ↗

— Preston Brooks

#committed #constitution #had #halls #i

What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest. ↗

— Earl Browder

#been #calamity #cold #cold war #consideration