#under

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party. ↗

— Mary Astell

#defend #generous #honourable #may #me

Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven. ↗

— Athanasius

#escaping #fellowship #god #heaven #judgment

I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. ↗

— David Attenborough

#i #interest #just #just looking #looking

After visiting these two places (Berchtesgaden and the Eagle's lair on Obersalzberg) you can easily see how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He had boundless ambition for his country, which rendered him a menace to the peace of the world, but he had a mystery about him in the way that he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#hatred #legend #mystery #power #understanding

But let no one be under any doubt that the scale of the challenge that Europe faces in this emerging global economy is immense and the practical pace of our collective action to meet these challenge to date has just been too slow. ↗

— John Hutton

#any #been #challenge #collective #date

It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way. ↗

— John Hutton

#also #consult #continue #ensure #front

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#absolutely not #jigsaw #jigsaw puzzle #like #linear

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#creator #derogatory #humour #i #never

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#any #foot #i #i am #inferior

I've been in front of a camera since I was a little girl, and that's the medium I understand. ↗