#tho

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#benefits #fatigue #great #great nation #must

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#bleeds #contagion #death #hell #lets

What has been forgotten is that there were major intellectual breakthroughs in the 1960s, thanks to North American writers of an older generation. There was a rupture in continuity, since most young people influenced by those breakthroughs did not enter the professions. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american writers #been #breakthroughs #continuity #did

I'm just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#bull #difference #hockey #i #i love

I always have those feelings - lucky and blessed - and I don't know if they'll ever go away. I really hope they don't, as I think it keeps you grounded. That's how I feel about every film I do. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#always #away #blessed #ever #every

I love zombie films like Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' - I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was definitely thrust into the zombie world watching that film. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#brilliantly #danny #days #definitely #done

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#characteristics #cheered #excellent #excellent man #grieved

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#behavior #burning #decline #drawn #even

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#companies #government #hanging #head #information

If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#fail #get #govern #handle #implement