#ty

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#curtain #hard #iron #iron curtain #reminders

Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#bit #bite #canada #comedy #everywhere

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#ensure #necessity #our #problem #rather

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#became #columbia #columbia university #drop #expected

Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#challenging #integrity #international #international peace #matter

As a whole, investors should welcome attempts to safeguard the integrity of markets. You need very clear rules applied to markets. ↗

— Mohamed El-Erian

#attempts #clear #integrity #investors #markets

Everybody has to chip in, I think, and see how we can have a functioning system of collective security where we do not continue to face the threat of countries trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction or particularly nuclear weapons. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#chip #collective #continue #countries #destruction

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. ↗

— Mark Twain

#chain #freed #human #human soul #loyalty

Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare. ↗

— Larry Elder

#behavior #charity #corporate #distorts #less

I knew Slash in high school, but not very well. Just knew him as this kid that used to hang out in the hallway. Pretty much looked then the way he does now. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#hallway #hang #high #high school #him