#unit

Opportunity makes a thief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#opportunity #thief

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#his #make #man #must #oft

A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#backward #characteristic #communities #more #nationalism

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for. ↗

— Russell Banks

#ancient #been #community #embrace #enough

I believe profoundly that in the struggle against Communists and their organizations [...] we cannot and should not resort to the methods and forms employed by the Communists. ↗

— Victor Kravchenko

#communists #mccarthyism #soviet-union #united-states #communism

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered. ↗

— Abdallah II

#altered #breakthroughs #challenges #changes #daily

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation. ↗

— Dean Acheson

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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#ammunition #bad #billions #get #learn

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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