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“Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.”

Firsts States United United States Policy Tasks Let Me Threat Foreign Policy American Foreign Policy

Author:Michael Mandelbaum

“Much is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing it.”

Way Firsts Left Knowledge Tasks Dues Broke Successors

Book:Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Source: Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

“Creativity is not the work of a few. We each carry within us the image of God the Creator; we each have the task of making the earth into a fairer, kinder place. The first step is imagining a better world, and that is most apt to happen when we suffer or look on suffering.”

World Firsts Looks Art Happens Earth Suffering Steps Creativity Tasks Creator First Steps Kinder God Image

Author:Elizabeth O'Connor

“During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time in its details, and to bring it within one vast generalization. At the present juncture, it is obviously very doubtful whether this task could be accomplished in a similar way, even by a mind with gifts so peculiarly suited for the purpose as Humboldt's was, and if all his time and work were devoted to the purpose.”

Ifs Knows Way Mind Firsts Able Science Purpose Half Knowledge Century Tasks Details Accomplished Devoted Doubtful Generalization Scientific Knowledge Juncture

Author:Hermann von Helmholtz

“We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it demands such intensity of effort, that to attempt it any old way and amongst other things is impossible. The person who undertakes this task must put it first in his life, which is not so long that he can afford to squander it on trifles.”

Ifs Way Firsts Persons Long Self Effort Impossible Development Demand Tasks Importance Strive Intensity Self Knowledge Self Development Seriousness Trifles Old Ways

Author:G. I. Gurdjieff

“Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker. These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red flag that common sense and common wisdom are not welcome here, .. Mr. Livingston, this may be the first and most important task you will ever face as speaker. Lead us out of this abyss.”

Firsts May Made Important Faces Common New York Red Tasks Democratic Wave Hearing Common Sense Welcome Flags Speakers Abyss Red Flags Subpoenas

Author:Charles Schumer

“...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”

Firsts War Peace Tasks Corporations Anti War Conspiracy Antiwar Alliances Political Power State Government Statesmanship

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“Conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation, and that our first and greatest task is to set our house in order and begin to live within our means.”

Firsts Mean Order House Nations Resources Tasks Fundamentals Conservative Conservation

Book:Presidential addresses and state papers

Source: Presidential addresses and state papers

“The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"”

Firsts Buddhism Tasks Asking Questioning Introspection Dharma

Author:Frederick Lenz

“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.”

“Ideas first and last: yet it is not till these are formulated and utilized that the devotees of the common sense discern their value and advantages. The idealist is the capitalist on whose resources multitudes are maintained life long. Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks, thus carrying forward all human endeavors to their issues.”

Firsts Humans Long Ideas Hands Lasts Values Common Issues Resources Advantage Tasks Common Sense Endeavor Capitalist Multitudes Long Life Idealist Devotee Firsts And Lasts

Author:Amos Bronson Alcott