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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#amongst #answer #approach #author #cannot

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ↗

— Nicholas M. Butler

#also #courage #essential #foundation #optimism

States have the responsibility to create rules and conditions for growth and development, and to channel the benefits to all citizens by providing education and making people able to participate in the economies, and in decision-making. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#benefits #channel #citizens #conditions #create

In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death. ↗

— John Linder

#being #citizens #death #elections #even

Developed countries and advanced developing countries must open their markets for products from the developing world, and support in developing their export and import capacity. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#capacity #countries #developed #developed countries #developing

In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#case #global #guarantor #important #important role

But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#genres #horror #illogical #problem #problems

Kickback is a police thriller which I wrote. I'm very proud of it. I did it in two parts for France because when I wrote it, there wasn't the audience demand for crime stuff that there is now. ↗

— David Lloyd

#because #crime #demand #did #france

If our republican form of government is perishing because communications - the infrastructure of that republic - is under the yoke of international business how, at last, do we save it? We must build a confrontational movement to reclaim our democracy, a movement committed to active and sustained protest against the present order. ↗

— Mark Lloyd

#against #because #build #business #committed

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#able #being #complicated #complicated things #famous