#rests

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. ↗

— William Bartram

#delightful #distant #elegance #forests #grand

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#depending #divide #interests #only #parties

All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. ↗

— A. C. Benson

#escape #how #interests #only #reality

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#adversary #compromise #conflicting #deprived #due

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#harder #his #interests #man #rights

I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization. ↗

— George Catlin

#away #boundless #civilization #contemplated #forests

A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#armed #beyond #direct #human-rights #interests

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#books #both #each #easy #having

At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned. ↗

— Georges Jacques Danton

#i #last #most #perceive #power

Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#interests #nations #over #policy #said