#solid

As more people of color raise our consciousness and refuse to be pitted against one another, the forces of neo-colonial white supremacist domination must work harder to divide and conquer. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#racism

You see, without hard work and responsibility, there is no American Dream. Hard work lays the foundation. Our solidarity makes work pay - for all of us. For the greater good. That's what our vision of shared prosperity is all about. ↗

— Richard Trumka

#american #american dream #dream #foundation #good

The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#balanced #based #been #check #credibility

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow. ↗

— Robert Welch

#deal #difference #endowed #great #great deal

The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#first #first time #grow #i #invariably

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#both #communication #communication skills #did #education

The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income. ↗

— Alma Guillermoprieto

#america #anywhere #because #been #being

The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace? ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#durable #elements #essential #essential elements #foundation

After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and jammed for 5 hours solid. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#around #bob #bob dylan #debate #dylan

Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#care #considerable #danger #elephant #even