#sec

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. ↗

— William Proxmire

#check #cloak #dangerous #doubly #especially

The aging of the U.S. population is a theme that we believe strongly in and the health care sector is really right in the bulls eye of this particular theme. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#believe #bulls #care #eye #health

It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#easy #financial #financial security #however #i

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#ahead #always #artists #back #every

Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit. ↗

— James Roosevelt

#changes #done #full #now #preserve

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#first-sentence #insects #transformation #dreams

It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy. ↗

— Richard Wurmbrand

#courage #persecution #preaching #courage

Nature, keeping only useless secrets, had placed within reach and in sight of human beings the things it was necessary for them to know. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#nature #secrets #nature

But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#consequences #country #disperse #energies #honor

I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security in Pakistan. ↗

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

#am #confident #government #i #i am