#ned

The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as maintained by others, seems to me purely imaginary, and of course the supposed equilibrium of those classes a mere conceit. ↗

— William H. Seward

#classification #conceit #course #equilibrium #established

I think that one thing I have learned as a freshman is that it is really important to collaborate. ↗

— Terri Sewell

#freshman #i #i have learned #i think #important

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#about #am #concerned #corporate #elite

Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole. ↗

— Ernest Shackleton

#eyes #i #last #lead #more

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#ascertained #assumptions #believes #creed #habitually

The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#between #both #cannot #caused #change

Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for one another and hunt in packs, they'd all have ended up being eaten by leopards. ↗

— Robert Shea

#ancestors #another #being #care #eaten

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you do! ↗

— Norma Shearer

#finished #never #public #see #them

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#considered #mentioned #older #older women #oxymoron

I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#fashioned #i #i am #just #man