“Please, accept the most sincere words of sympathy over the natural disaster that affected the United States . I know that hurricane Katrina that hit the US south-western coast led to casualties, left homeless dozens of thousands of US citizens and inflicted a strong damage to the economy of this region. I ask you to convey my condolences to the next of kin of those killed,.” KnowsStatesNextAsksLeftStrongNaturalUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesEconomyCitizensPleaseSouthWesternDisasterDamageRegionsAffectedSincereDozenHomelessCoastHurricanesCasualtiesKatrinaCondolencesNatural DisasterHurricane KatrinaWords Of SympathyMy Condolences Author:Vladimir Putin
“The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor.” WantNeedsStatesTeamMeetingsAffectionCommittedPartnersAffectedEndeavorHurricanesThorough Author:Craig Fugate
“Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement ... Manners, by which not only the freedom, but the very existence of the republics, are greatly affected, depend much upon the public institutions of religion and the good education of youth; in both these instances our fathers laid wise foundations, for which their posterity have had reason to bless their memory.” StatesReasonChristianOrderFatherMemoriesExistenceSupportVirtueWiseYouthDependsImportanceEncouragementInstitutionsFoundationInstanceMannersAffectedBlessRepublicSensiblePosterityOur FatherPietyGood EducationSupport And Encouragement Author:John Hancock
“Beyond the ten thousand states of mind is the still point. It exists within them all, yet beyond them. It is not affected by them. It gives birth to them. This is the riddle.” GivingMindStillsStatesBirthThousandTenAffectedState Of MindIntroductionRiddle Author:Frederick Lenz
“The existing and long-standing use of the word 'evolution' in our state's textbooks has not adversely affected Georgians' belief in the omnipotence of God as creator of the universe, There can be no incompatibility between Christian faith and proven facts concerning geology, biology, and astronomy. There is no need to teach that stars can fall out of the sky and land on a flat Earth in order to defend our religious faith.” NeedsLongStatesFactsUseEarthChristianOrderFallUniverseBeliefStarsReligiousTeachSkyLandEvolutionStandingCreatorAstronomyBiologyFlatsAffectedProvenReligious FaithTextbooksChristian FaithGeologyOmnipotenceIncompatibilityGeorgians Author:Jimmy Carter
“Happiness has to be installed in each person as a state of affairs completely cut off from the process that brought it about and, in particular, from the real situation. Man has to be affected with happiness. It is a tonality given to him. Contradiction: if one does take care to give him happiness, it is because he is a free creature--but in order to give it to him, one turns him into an object.” IfsMenGivingPersonsDoeRealStatesCareOrderTurnsGivenProcessSituationCuttingObjectsParticularCreaturesAffairTake CareContradictionAffected Book:Notebooks for an Ethics Source: Notebooks for an Ethics
“The dreams of "leaving it up to the market" or of returning to a politically neutral gold standard cannot succeed because the nature of the monetary system has a profound impact on the interests of powerful groups and states. Affected groups and states will always try to intervene in the operation of the system to make it serve their interests.” TryingStatesDreamInterestPowerfulGroupsSucceedStandardsGoldImpactProfoundLeavingOperationsAffectedMonetaryMonetary SystemGold Standard Author:Robert Gilpin