#vic

This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America. ↗

— Louis A. Johnson

#any #autonomous #conduct #defense #disaster

Never trust anyone Daniel, especially the people you admire ↗

— Carlos Luiz Zafon

#experience #wisdom #experience

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory. ↗

— Rufus Jones

#both #both sides #done #ends #equal

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living isn't complicated enough ↗

— Carlos Luiz Zafon

#experience #wisdom #experience

Title: What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years? Only verse: Nothing. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#experience

Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end. ↗

— Thomas Dooley

#experience

I have a lifelong devotion to public service. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#i #lifelong #public #public service #service

If you wish to spare yourself and your venerable family, give heed to my advice with the ear of intelligence. If you do not, you will see what God has willed. ↗

— Hulagu Khan

#ear #family #give #god #heed

I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#believed #convictions #defended #i #truth

Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit. ↗

— Alveda King

#because #become #binds #cannot #commit