#witness

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading. ↗

— J. F. C. Fuller

#army #battalion #boxes #chain #commander

We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes and human alienation. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#alcoholism #alienation #dependency #human #incidence

I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying. ↗

— Rachel Corrie

#destruction #feel #horrifying #i #i feel

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#cannot #composed #fit #god #mind

We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#community #daily #effect #encourage #held

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#because #comes #examined #feminists #haven

For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#chambers #class #europe #had #having

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#aware #background #fully #new #new testament

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. ↗

— Margaret Millar

#delivered #monologues #most #presence #simply

I'm an expert witness in a case that's in appeal about a guy who allegedly misappropriated source code from a major, major company - he actually worked there and then apparently they found it on his laptop later. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#actually #allegedly #apparently #appeal #case