“The dreamers, those who misread the actual state of affairs and act upon their emotions, are often the source of the greatest mistakes in history-the wars that are not thought out, the disasters that are not foreseen” WarStatesEmotionMistakeSourceAffairDisasterDreamerForeseen Book:The 50th Law Source: The 50th Law
“I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it and never without merriment or indignation. Fifty years hence, the black laws of Connecticut will be a greater source of amusement to the antiquarian, than her famous blue laws.” KnowsYearsLawIndividualSpeakBlackPartyOpinionKnow HowGreaterHeardSourceBlueAffairFiftyAmusementIndignationConnecticutMerrimentCanterbury Author:Lydia M. Child
“Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical application of the most important principles of natural Philosophy which has in a considerable degree realized the anticipations of Bacon, and changed the aspect and state of affairs in the whole world. The most important object of Civil Engineering is to improve the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal Trade.” MenWorldMeanArtImportantStatesPhilosophyWholeUseNaturalPrinciplesObjectsChangedSourceDegreesAspectTradeAffairProductionsPracticalsWhole WorldInternalsApplicationEngineeringAnticipationTrafficConvenienceCivil EngineerCivil EngineeringNatural Philosophy Author:Thomas Tredgold
“There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done ... Corporate expenditures for political purposes, and especially such expenditures by public-service corporations, have supplied one of the principal sources of corruption in our political affairs.” EndsDonePoliticalPurposeEasySourceActivityTasksRemainsAffairCorruptionCorporateCorporationsPrincipalPublic ServiceExpendituresEasy Tasks Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia
“Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force.” WayHas BeensReasonSpiritGivenForceDemocracySourceAmbitionWorshipAffairInternationalBrutesDemocracies HaveFreedom Of ReligionGood FaithBrute ForceInternational AffairsFaith And Reason Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt