#settle

You can make a very good argument that society would be much worse off if you let 10 rapists and murderers free rather than put one poor, wrongly accused accountant in prison. And so my only point on that is that it should open up an argument. It should not sort of settle one, because nobody disagrees with it. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#accused #argument #because #disagrees #free

Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#arrived #bother #busy #down #flourished

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#may #settle #take #them #use

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#comprehensive #disputes #far-reaching #impossible #international

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations. ↗

— Henry Villard

#chairs #curious #either #fingers #him

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#day #decisions #great #iron #majority

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#being #brought #conviction #even #existence

There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements. ↗

— William Bligh

#anywhere #class #common #degree #lower

Nigel might have an earlier date, but I think it's unprecedented from my memory. So it is a reminder to everybody that the public can move very rapidly on some issues and therefore what looks settled may not be. ↗

— Jim Bolger

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The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed. ↗

— Paul Engle

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