#sence

Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american #american lives #any #lives #more

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#had #pacific #power #presence #states

When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#large #presence #smaller #throughout #world

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#becomes #before #divine #finite #god

As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#also #always #beings #close #common

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. ↗

— George S. Patton

#base #battle #being #best #brings

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life. ↗

— Jean Paul

#again #during #life #loving #may

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether. ↗

— James Payn

#benevolent #denying #far #hear #himself

In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#bound #clause #constitution #enforce #enforcement

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

#belief #beliefs #different #different beliefs #distinguished