#nation

If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell? ↗

— Douglas Horton

#first #heaven #hell #line #scramble

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions. ↗

— A. E. Housman

#discrimination #dull #good #great #great literature

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#could #even #follow #get #god

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#am #been #conscientious #front #got

The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war. ↗

— David F. Houston

#arise #cannot #coming #economic #economic problems

Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages. ↗

— Sam Houston

#again #among #compare #country #globe

Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation. ↗

— Sam Houston

#glory #his #nation #policy #right

We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life. ↗

— John Howard

#assert #disposable #life #national #never

Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common. ↗

— John Howard

#because #common #done #hold #nations

J'écoutais mon cœur. Je ne pouvais imaginer que ce bruit qui m'accompagnait depuis si longtemps pût jamais cesser. ↗

— Albert Camus

#death #heart #imagination #la-mort #death