#stance

I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#africans #black #civil-rights #justice #king

Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#much #opposed #pay #public #public relations

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly. ↗

— Edward Albee

#come #correctly #distance #go #long

When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness. ↗

— James Allen

#called #channels #easy #energy #fall

I never liked the bar scene. I tried to like it. I would give it a try every three or four months. I'd think, tonight I'm going out. But I never met anybody in that circumstance. ↗

— Joan Allen

#bar #circumstance #every #four #give

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker. ↗

— Woody Allen

#i #instance #last #last night #luck

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned? ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#country #crime #decline #instance #leading

The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#distrust #founded #ideological #intelligence #just

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#especially #fifteen #had #honorable #life

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#divided #lebanon #resistance #small #started