“The banks themselves were doing business on capitals three-fourths of which were fictitious. This fictitious capital... is now to be lost, and to fall on somebody; it must take on those who have property to meet it, and probably on the less cautious part, who, not aware of the impending catastrophe, have suffered themselves to contract, or to be in debt, and must now sacrifice their property of a value many times the amount of the debt. We have been truly sowing the wind, and are now reaping the whirlwind.” Has BeensWisdomValuesFallThreePoliticsLostEconomySacrificeWindAmountPropertyDebtLiberalismContractsCatastropheCautiousSowingWhirlwind Author:Thomas Jefferson
“We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world.” WorldNeedsLittlesWholeWisdomSpiritPoliticsResponsibilityEconomyRightsSacrificeGainsSalvationConstantWesternForgottenLiberalismWillingnessSelflessnessWestern WorldClamorPersonal Gain Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.” WisdomEvilPoliticsEconomySacrificeVictoryDareLiberalismCowardiceReap Book:The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Source: The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
“Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life.” BelieveReasonWisdomSacrificeAbsurd Author:Voltaire
“If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?” IfsWisdomInspirationSacrificeKingsHonorMissionsChristian InspirationalHeavenlyMissionaryMinistryMissions And PrayerGreat MissionaryInspirational MissionaryGreat CommissionChristian Ministry Author:David Livingstone