#today

We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve. ↗

— Jack Reed

#country #crisis #extraordinary #iraq #men

You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote. ↗

— James E. Rogers

#aware #fail #first #first amendment #may

I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#american #american dream #been #believe #born

The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past. ↗

— Bud Selig

#continue #in the past #know #one thing #past

We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#day #dollars #half #less #living

O [Roman] people be ashamed; be ashamed of your lives. Almost no cities are free of evil dens, are altogether free of impurities, except the cities in which the barbarians have begun to live... Let nobody think otherwise, the vices of our bad lives have alone conquered us... The Goths lie, but are chaste, the Franks lie, but are but are generous, the Saxons are savage in cruelty...but are admirable in chastity...what hope can there be [for the Romans] when the barbarians are more pure [than they]?" -Salvian ↗

— William J Federer

#barbarians #dual-meaning #evil #evil-men #evil-people

God is calling you to change the world one life at a time and one small step at a time. Begin today where you are. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#god #small-steps #today #change

If humor and rumor are needed more than faith and truth, then it tells me something about the kind of world we live today. ↗

— Toba Beta

#humor #kind #life #live #rumor