#ourselves

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. ↗

— Washington Irving

#effected #enemy #harm #least #most

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#avoid #brought #defend #duty #endeavor

We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#band #black #black sabbath #considered #fun

With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#first #hole #into #musically #our

There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#few #ourselves #problems #solve #together

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#beings #clear #different #human #human beings

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#future #hold #more #must #officials

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#dedicate #gentle #greeks #let us #life

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#helping #how #learn #others #will

The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want for ourselves. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#best way #burma #empower #enough #help