#ships

When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#democratic #dictatorships #doomed #experiment #fail

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#age #almost #any #completes #costs

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life. ↗

— August Strindberg

#complicated #extremely #life #man #mechanism

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#honest #human #human relationships #i #i think

I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#i #life #man #my life #who

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous. ↗

— John Hewson

#planes #ridiculous #send #ships #troops

We are so appreciative of the men and women in uniform who are protecting us, whether in Afghanistan or Iraq or on ships around the world. For our security, they are taking the offensive to the terrorists overseas. ↗

— George Allen

#appreciative #around #iraq #men #men and women

I did like hanging out with all the rock'n'roll boys - it was fun but all those relationships didn't work out. ↗

— Denise Van Outen

#fun #hanging #i #like #out

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything. ↗

— Lee Atwater

#brotherhood #everything #good #humanity #i

My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

#completely #discovery #experience #finds #interesting