#survival

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#comes #except #freedom #generous #liberals

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. ↗

— Angela Davis

#country #during #early #grew #how

God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#environment #exists #form #god #high

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#because #best #competition #department #ensures

There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#environmental #knowingly #nuclear #nuclear war #our

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#alternatives #destiny #future #into #leads

I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so much pain you have to laugh. It is a survival mechanism. ↗

— Andy Dick

#defense #defense mechanism #i #i see #i think

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#survival #survival

I know it's not good to be weak and helpless. But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we're not animals. We're human. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#yuki #survival

The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under! ↗

— Anne Frank

#strong #survival #weak #survival