#vic

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#born #ceased #conceived #dissension #distress

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction. ↗

— Guy Verhofstadt

#bring #conviction #enemy #find #fire

More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Second World War. It beggars belief that there has not been some recognition for what they gave until now. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#beggars #belief #bomber #british #command

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#get #heart #intelligence #national #national security

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#begin #broken #homes #i #i can

I have a deep conviction that our lives are eternal, that it is waking and sleeping, that we are born together with the people we love lifetime after lifetime. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#born #conviction #deep #deep conviction #eternal

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#convictions #deprived #freedoms #never #people

I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing. ↗

— Murray Walker

#confusing #different #given #had #i

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.' ↗

— Scott Walker

#big #big government #choice #core #cut

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#inspirational #reading #inspirational