#ops

The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#democracy #destinies #determination #develops #direction

I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps there was some good. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#asked #good #helped #i #inspired

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#bring #concerts #connect #each #festivals

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#command #general #good #him #his

I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week. ↗

— Macklemore

#i #probably #shop #shops #thrift

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. ↗

— James Madison

#comprises #develops #dreaded #every #germ

We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies. ↗

— Bill Maher

#believe #crazies #i #i do #i think

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#becomes #complex #composer #develops #express

Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and the way in which the young adult community develops its own language. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#anyone #bands #being #books #community

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#around #because #certainly #comes #development