#pi

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. ↗

— Tacitus

#empire #make #peace #plunder #slaughter

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#because #becomes #countries #each #favor

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#better things #developing #evils #new #progress

Then that did very well at the box office, so before you knew it, we were in a string of feature motion pictures. Then they announced that they were going to do some spinoffs of us. ↗

— George Takei

#before #box #box office #did #feature

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#forces #foreign #iraq #occupied #soil

I believe Twitter, right now, is just finishing the venture capital phase, getting into a maturity level. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#capital #finishing #getting #i #i believe

After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause. ↗

— David Talbot

#became #cause #change #change the world #college

I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson, and as I've told him, Feed was one of the inspirations for Salon. They were up there before we were. And also for Joey and the Suck people. ↗

— David Talbot

#before #enormous #feed #him #i

I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out. ↗

— David Talbot

#i #i think #important #know #me

Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job. ↗

— Jim Talent

#crises #effort #executive #experience #given