#selves

Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#believe #better #cannot #capital #country

It's good for people to believe in causes larger than themselves. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#causes #good #larger #people #than

I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#among #barometer #call #form #human

By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life. ↗

— Emmett Kelly

#back #battles #done #gives #going

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities. ↗

— Derrick Jensen

#because #become #deplorable #each #especially

What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you. ↗

— Vernon Jordan

#basis #cannot #care #equal #i

Their effort to place the women upon the same industrial level with themselves in order that all may pull together in the effort to maintain reasonable conditions of life. ↗

— Florence Kelley

#effort #industrial #level #life #maintain

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

#fact #fail #foundation #law #lose

I think my dad would make an incredible president, and it would be great if he'd run again. But personally, for our family, part of me is glad that he didn't. We lost our mother recently, and we need to focus on ourselves. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

#dad #family #focus #glad #great

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves. ↗

— Joseph Kirkland

#hard work #kept #rich #such #surely