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What time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devotes to the neglect of his duties. ”
We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as if we didn't know and didn't believe. ”
In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into any sort of combination with each other: occasionally, atom must meet atom and, so to speak, each hold out vain hands to the other, but the pace is too great and, in a moment, they are far away from each other again. ”
We continued to move forward without loss of time, hoping to be able to reach the wood described by the Indians before all our horses should become exhausted. ”
Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse. ”
I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran. ”
You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not. ”
In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time. ”
Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history. ”
The purpose of the mission must be thoroughly understood beforehand, and the men must be inspired with a sense of personal dedication that knows no limitations... In an age of high technology and Jedi Knights, we often overlook the need for personal involvement, but we do so at our own risk. ”