#sole

I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat. ↗

— Philip Kearny

#enter #i #old #order #philip

We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction "If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable." ↗

— Petra Kelly

#century #faced #faces #generation #impossible

O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship. ↗

— Thomas Ken

#care #chiefest #devoutly #first #give

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#affiliation #against #american #away #either

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#life #meaning #meaning of #meaning of life #serve

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#console #idealism #itself #loss #new

Peace and commerce with foreign nations could be more effectually and cheaply cultivated by a common agent; therefore they gave the Federal Government the sole management of our relations with foreign governments. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#cheaply #commerce #common #could #cultivated

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat. ↗

— Pierre Trudeau

#boat #drafted #fact #go #government

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#console #given #him #humor #imagination

We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have 'guardians at the gate.' ↗

— Allen West

#armed forces #each #ensure #every #exist