#nation

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort. ↗

— Plato

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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice. ↗

— Plautus

#inclination #overcome #reason #rejoice #you

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits. ↗

— Plutarch

#benefits #destroyer #donations #liberties #people

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#challenge #clashing #common #common good #competing

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#comes #concentration #confidence #hunger #out

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#creates #disposes #everything #happiness #imagination

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#believe #converted #heart #imagination #men

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#belongs #carries #country #first #furthest

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#carries #first #furthest #highest #intelligence

Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation. ↗

— Ed Pastor

#basic #care #domestic #facing #health