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“A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation - my generation - knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America's will for peace is second to none, so will America's strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.”

“Water is a commodity not by any means to be found everywhere...When found, it is more than likely to be bad, being either from a bitter alkaline pool, or from a hole in a creek, so muddy that it can only be called liquid by courtesy.”

Mean Found Water Holes Bitter Pool Commodity Courtesy Liquid Muddy Creeks

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.”

Water Sweet Spring Fruit Seeds Bitter Muddy Sweet Fruit

Author:Jose Rizal

“You are nipping in the bud fancies which I let blossom. The shore is safer, but I love to buffet the sea - I can count the bitter wrecks here in these pleasant waters, and hear the murmuring winds, but oh, I love the danger!”

I Can Water Sea Atheism Danger Wind Positive Atheism Bitter Pleasant Fancy Shore Wrecks Bud Buffets Murmuring

Book:The Letters of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Letters of Emily Dickinson

“The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.”

People Names Stars Water Sky Spring Angel Rivers Thirds Died Environmental Bitter Trumpets Torches Blazing Wormwood

Author:John the Apostle

“We wish genius and morality where affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. They don't necessarily coalesce any more than oil and water do.”

Facts Wish Water Enemy Genius Morality Ethics Oil Bitter Companion Affectionate Oil And Water

Author:Artemas Ward

“Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter waters, when they themselves have poison'd the fountain.”

Children Littles Parent Water Wonder Principles Taste Bitter Poison Fountain

Book:Locke, Berkely & Hume

Source: Locke, Berkely & Hume