#pi

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #basic #beliefs #comes #democratic

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell. ↗

— Bill Copeland

#ease #like #own #shell #try

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#bully #capitalism #i #i think #obama

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning. ↗

— Laura Bush

#books #fascinating #goes #hand-in-hand #holding

We must maintain strong defenses, military and spiritual. ↗

— Prescott Bush

#maintain #military #must #spiritual #strong

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#enjoyment #great #high #intended #mere

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #consists #enjoyment #happiness #nature

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives. ↗

— Hamid Karzai

#effective #objectives #states #suspicion #terror

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#back #because #become #biological #bit

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#his #opinion #own #still #will