#upon

I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#attendant #clubs #dozen #enemy #energetic

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #basic #beliefs #comes #democratic

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas. ↗

— George W. Bush

#clear #come #foreign #foreign oil #imports

So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad. ↗

— Brett Favre

#athlete #bad #deal #deals #depends

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#america #embody #founded #ideals #more

Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me. ↗

— Brett Favre

#always #because #been #bit #brought

Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#brought #cause #dictatorship #distress #economic

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#each #happiest #happiness #only #other

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. ↗

— William Feather

#adventure #get #look #most #out

If I had been under ObamaCare, and a beaurocrat had been trying to tell me when I could get that CT scan, that would have delayed my treatment. I was able to get the treatment as fast as I could based upon my timetable, and not the government's timetable. That's what saved my life. ↗

— Herman Cain

#based #been #could #delayed #fast