#po

To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose. ↗

— Giulio Douhet

#air #beaten #command #conquer #defeat

For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard. ↗

— Rita Dove

#heard #i #many #overheard #poem

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. ↗

— Rita Dove

#am #arts #comes #federal #federal funding

Spring and summer 1942 was probably the worst period of internal terror in Slovakia. It was also the time of mass deportation of Slovak Jews to the extermination camps in Poland. ↗

— Alexander Dubcek

#camps #deportation #extermination #internal #jews

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. ↗

— Mark Hopkins

#activity #affection #any #appropriate #blessedness

The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#appreciate #cage #enough #especially #forgotten

I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#date #day #finishing #get #good

I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#end #i #i think #stuff #supposed

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#just #least #observed #proportion #sense

I do not understand how anyone can, in good conscience, tell a family whose child is suffering from a life-threatening disease that politics is more important than finding a cure. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#child #conscience #cure #disease #family