#over

It is at once the most overwhelmingly frustrating and exasperating task and the most joyous and rewarding experience to make human beings out of children. ↗

— Neil Kurshan

#children #exasperating #experience #frustrating #human

In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'. ↗

— Abraham Kuyper

#christ #declare #does #expanse #human

As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#being #far #get #gets #gonna

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#anything #big #bottle #guy #half

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#apart #change #come #else #expect

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#beings #freedom #full #human #human beings

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#belligerent #contested #even #goal #government

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #cultural #democratic #governments #human

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#democracy #government #keep #people

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #definition #destroy #discrimination #does