#nation

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#bear #because #examination #find #justify

Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#feel #freedom #help #impotence #international

The human mind evolved always in the company of the human body, and of the animal body before it was human. The intricate connections of mind and body must exceed our imagination, as from our point of view we are peculiarly prevented from observing them. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#animal #before #body #company #connections

Daydreaming subverts the world. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#situationist-international #life

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#imagination #psychology #dreams

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#employee #explanation #five #new #new skills

There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age. ↗

— John Agyekum Kufuor

#been #before #chance #children #country

Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#education #imperative #making #many #moral

The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#bbc #binds #celebrate #enjoy #glue

I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true. ↗

— Robin Day

#against #asked #celebrities #course #entertaining