#neighbors

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#classes #composed #first #freemen #independent

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#away #buildings #claim #earth #fence

It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#being #even #inhabit #land #mysterious

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

#curse #end #ends #liberty #man

In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do. ↗

— Laura Bush

#around #country #difference #fact #fortunate

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. ↗

— John Calvin

#blessings #committed #condition #deposits #dispensed

If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#goes #going #government #iraqis #neighbors

Our real interest starts with our neighbors... the future is about regional economies. ↗

— Jean Charest

#economies #future #interest #neighbors #our

These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead. ↗

— Harold Ford

#adversity #ahead #better #care #days

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, compete with her neighbors for empty status, and so smother her son that he cannot compete at all. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#cannot #compete #dominance #empty #her