#rises

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#atrocities #crises #cultural #exchanges #humanity

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. ↗

— Plato

#arises #democracy #dictatorship #extreme #form

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. ↗

— Plato

#conceive #i #mankind #many #needs

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. ↗

— Plautus

#children #comprises #country #courage #homes

Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents the true maturation of the superhero movie - and provides the key to understanding the bottomless craving moviegoers have for these films, 34 years after the Christopher Reeve Superman gave birth to the genre. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#astounding #batman #birth #bottomless #christopher

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. ↗

— Jane Porter

#authors #chief #country #dr #glory

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#attempt #deserve #effort #enough #enterprises

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#cannot #changed #crises #crisis #decides

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#economic #economic growth #enterprises #entrepreneurs #growth

We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe. ↗

— Jack Reed

#army #around #breaking #confront #crises