#the

Many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true! ↗

— Logan Pearsall Smith

#danger #darken #into #many #nightmares

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#capable #crime #day #dry #evaporates

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#considered #constitution #criminal #dangerous #defend

Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law. ↗

— Lamar S. Smith

#judges #judicial #law #occurs #own

The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. ↗

— Lamar S. Smith

#court #elected #policy #proper #social

Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world. ↗

— Logan Pearsall Smith

#delicate #finest #hearts #kind #make

Love gives you eyes. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christianity #eyes #inspirational #jesus-shock #love

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#astray #because #determined #go #going

Marc/Faythe/Jace love triangle moment: "This isn't about you...." "Well, it should be!" he shouted, and I flinched. "Everything I do is about you, and I want the reverse to be true, too." I wiped more tears, my throat aching with words that would only make this worse. "What, you need a reminder? That's what he was doing, right? And now you smell like him. You probably taste like him. You should taste like me..." He was on me before I could even catch my breath... ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#jace #marc #shifters #love

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. ↗

— George Washington

#approbation #country #founded #good #honors