Only a moral and virtuous people are capable of freedom; As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.
— Benjamin Franklin
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If it ever snows in Florida, I'll plow it.
1985 C20, 3+3, 454
— Owen, forum signature
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Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
— Hebrews 12:14
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The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
— The Ninety-Ninety Rule
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[...] Flying is unremitting boredom occasionally interrupted by moments of sheer terror.
— Editors of Flying Magazine
I Learned About Flying From That
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There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.
— Ed Howdershelt
Speech to anti-war protesters; February, 1971
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I finished 50 push-ups this morning! (I started them in 2005.)
— Mikey's Thot for the Day
02/23/10
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with bricks others have thrown at him.
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The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
— Zephaniah 3:17
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The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
— Hosea 9:7
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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
— Ezekiel 22:30
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For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
— Hebrews 5:13
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We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
— President Lyndon B. Johnson
Speech about the Vietnam War, 1964
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I believe that the real reason why war exists is because men have always liked war, and women, warriors.
— Martin van Creveld
Rise and Decline of the State
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Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it. You take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.