#sit

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. ↗

— Adam Smith

#administration #barbarism #being #brought #carry

I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a cliche to say that it is virtually unavoidable and this isn't unique to us alone. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#alone #any #arise #civilians #cliche

I've noticed that my resolutions involve me not doing stuff that I wasn't going to do anyway so here's something more positive. I'm going to retrain as a Latin teacher in a provincial public school. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#doing #going #here #i #involve

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. ↗

— Dean Smith

#death #every #game #going #life

On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. ↗

— H. Allen Smith

#created #dedicated #i #i am #jerks

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#child #children #damaged #devastating #either

The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places? ↗

— Maggie Smith

#cancer #chemotherapy #else #everybody #everybody else

I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in. ↗

— Margaret Smith

#because #delta #i #often #parents

If the people in Britain knew the nature and disposition of the New England people as well as we do they would not find so many friends in England as I suppose they do. ↗

— Nathaniel Smith

#disposition #england #find #friends #i

Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. ↗

— Patti Smith

#fellow #fellow man #good #good news #hope