#mm

It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct. ↗

— Elihu Root

#become #case #community #conduct #continued

It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war. ↗

— Elihu Root

#every #fancied #forward #governments #keep

An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment. ↗

— Bruno Rossi

#inborn #into #lifelong #science #tendency

If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset. ↗

— Guido van Rossum

#amongst #best #common #fit #funny

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#behind #communicate #driven #educated #need

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#agreeing #extremists #means #them #think

My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country. ↗

— Tim Roth

#communist party #country #dad #fought #his

In every decision we make and in every policy we develop, we are committed to protecting those who cannot protect themselves... the very young and the very old. ↗

— Mike Rounds

#committed #decision #develop #every #make

Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#commitment #due #experienced #expressed #fact

Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on Feb. 19th, 2009 when a television commentator named Rick Santelli stood up and said what the hell are we doing bailing out people who couldn't afford a mortgage by taking money from people like me who are prudent? ↗

— Karl Rove

#bailing #bailout #bank #began #commentator