“Investment that only goes to enrich an already wealthy elite bent on monopolizing both economic and political power cannot contribute toward égalité and justice - the foundation stones for a sound democracy.” PoliticalSoundJusticeDemocracyEconomicStonesFoundationInvestmentWealthyElitesBentPolitical PowerMonopolizing Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.” WorldBelieveSaidStillsMightI BelieveSoundFateBrokenCivilizationEqualIndiaFoundationChinaSeedsJapanRomeAncestorBeatenGreeceRepublic DayPharaohsIndia Independence DayInspiring Independence DayIndian Independence Day Book:The Essential Writings Source: The Essential Writings
“At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.” YearsThreeSoundHoursCitiesHistoryMankindHundredFoundationGermanyGatesRomeThree YearsSixtyTribesMidnightFuryGothicElevenAwakenedTrumpetsRoman EmpireCivilised Author:Edward Gibbon
“If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, 'cos it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes. It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingWould BeEarthEnergySoundCrazyFoundationSurfaceOilWorriedLayersEarthquakesDrainsDrillingArthritisSolar Energy Author:Debbie Harry
“Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It is the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mind in a sound body, and it is the appointed vehicle of every good to man.” MenGivingMindMayBodyEnjoySoundPleasureConditionsIndustryLaborFoundationInstrumentsVery GoodStrangerImprovementVehicleIndispensablePossessingRelishSound MindSound Body Author:Robert Blair