#posse

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#art of war #been #detail #evolved #long

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation. ↗

— Gouverneur Morris

#almost #armed #because #being #every

It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#arms #countries #dangerous #governments #greatest

You’re beautiful, Finnie, but by the gods you have never been more beautiful than you are right now, spread before me, wrapped in my wool and filled with me ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#possessiveness #romance #sweet #beauty

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#earth #eternal #highest #love #possess

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#large number #means #merely #nowadays #number

Laine slowly rolled out of bed. The queen size was one of the few new things in the house. But now, even the new bed felt tainted. It was an inner-spring monument to lies, a petri dish of mendacity she had shared with her faithless husband, and shared now with creeping dreams that flew from the light but left harsh scratches and diseased black feathers. Laine promised herself that, as soon as, she could, she would rid herself of this house, this bed, her clothes, her jewelry - everything but the flesh she lived in. She would scrub herself clean and flee to start a new life whose first and only commandment would be: Never let thyself be lied to again. ↗

— Stephen M. Irwin

#betrayal #emotions #escaping #longing #loss

There can never be any real freedom on earth as long as people try to exert ownership over the natural resources of the world. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#ownership #possession #freedom

Love is about giving freedom and power, not about gaining control or possession. ↗

— Jeffrey Fry

#freedom #love #possession #power #freedom

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse. ↗

— Rod Serling

#curse #happens #others #people #possess