#reached

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#civilizations #collapsed #history #moral #nineteen

It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#court #get #had #i #me

We seem to be a long way off from the kind of Fascism which we behold in Italy today, but we are not so far from the kind of Fascism which Mussolini preached in Italy before he assumed power, and we are slowly approaching the conditions which made Fascism there possible. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#assumed #before #behold #conditions #far

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#agreements #bloodshed #both #both sides #courage

I've reached my goal with snowboarding. ↗

— Shaun White

#i #reached #snowboarding

Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches. ↗

— George Whitefield

#churches #heathen #jesus #jesus christ #mere

Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land. ↗

— Kit Williams

#came #constellations #face #fell #gown

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. ↗

— Rosalyn S. Yalow

#discrimination #due #failure #large #leadership

Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#beyond #certain #fools #friends #independence

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#further #hope #i #i see #inventions