#stand

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#been #contribution #get #get together #halved

It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Do you not yet understand what has made woman what she is? Then see what the sickly taste and perverted judgment of man now admires in woman. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#judgment #made #man #now #perverted

If you take a look at history, you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards, in order to express this idea. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#always #before #evil #existed #express

Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#believe #diligently #exists #first #god

The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#always #am #anybody #candid #control

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#humor #joke #oneself #sense #sense of humor

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#creative #international #international language #language #logical