#surer

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#dissension #dock #gamble #homicide #international

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly. ↗

— Lew Wallace

#behave #behaved #dislike #men #rule

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure. ↗

— Robert South

#earnest #man #measure #needs #praying

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#am #comprehensive #faster #i #i am

The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#get #i #i am #older #running

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ↗

— Robert Brault

#be kind #bent #far #i #i am

Because you want to have competition to drive down the price. You want innovation. You have the ability to get people to agree that it's worth having a public plan. You could get private insurers to cover this population, but you couldn't without giving the population leverage in the marketplace. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#agree #because #competition #could #cover

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#country #decay #held #religion #rites

There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#disliked #few #men #perform #performed

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#deep #god #humble #knowledge #learning