#nation

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#collects #combination #combines #experimentation #facts

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible. ↗

— Rita Dove

#before #evidence #existed #front #imagine

As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression. ↗

— Angela Davis

#alliance #another #around #called #case

But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#fault #nation #vanity #young #youth

Stimulus spending, permanent bailouts, government takeovers, and federal mandates have all failed our nation. America's employers are afraid to invest in an economy racked with uncertainty over what Washington's next set of rules, regulations, mandates, and tax hikes will look like. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#america #bailouts #economy #employers #failed

I've been lucky. I've made films that I really like. It's been a combination of what comes to me and what I choose. I've gone after lots of things that I didn't get, pet projects that everybody ends up chasing after. Really, you're lucky if you get anything. ↗

— Hope Davis

#anything #been #chasing #choose #combination

The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#courts #explanation #find #mindset #place

We are a small nation, but strong. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#small #strong

Imagination is but another name for super intelligence. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#imagination #intelligence #name #super

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind. ↗