#ward

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#backward #confined #forward #generally #innovation

For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way. ↗

— John Burns

#been #come #denied #events #forward

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. ↗

— Robert Burns

#character #complaint #cowardly #despised #enduring

People are complicated. Our behavior towards one another is strange. So I like opportunities to investigate that. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#behavior #complicated #i #investigate #like

As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is. ↗

— LeVar Burton

#engaged #format #forward #long #matter

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch. ↗

— George W. Bush

#american #american people #american president #believe #decade

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true. ↗

— George W. Bush

#carried #come #forward #freedom #greater

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #century #consequences #decade #decisions

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own. ↗

— George W. Bush

#build #carry #foothold #forward #gain

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#country #fiscal #leading #majority #program