#pow

At President Obama's direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture is working hard to unleash the power of America's innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#america #build #department #direction #economy

It is critical to develop a biofuel industry powered by feedstocks produced in every corner of the country, in addition to the Midwest. That is why USDA has established five regional research centers working on science necessary to ensure profitable biofuels can be produced from a diverse range of feedstocks. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#centers #corner #country #critical #develop

Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake. Therefore, human love seeks direct contact with the other person; it loves him not as a free person but as one whom it binds to itself. It wants to gain, to capture by every means; it uses force. It desires to be irresistible, to rule. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#love #power #faith

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in our military sets a powerful example of leadership, honor and sacrifice. Their spirit of community inspires us all. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#example #food #fuel #gas #honor

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#before #cry #dark #eyes #hands

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. ↗

— Voltaire

#never #power #reason #religion #those

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. ↗

— Alice Walker

#make #nobody #out #powerful #them

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#care #fact #feminists #i #in fact

Large corporations and unions know the power of being big enough to bargain for better rates. ↗

— Greg Walden

#being #better #big #big enough #corporations

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. ↗

— Alice Walker

#american people #i #jokes #people #power