I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.
There is a time in science when it's too early to attack a problem. The stuff has to bubble a bit more and you have to be able to have the foundation on which to stand.
Therefore, O students, study mathematics and do not build without foundations.
You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you dont, it crumbles.
Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.
It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome. . . was a monogamic nation and the numerous evils attending that system early laid the foundation for that ruin which eventually overtook her.
I thank God that you know the art of tearing yourself apart - I mean the way to humble yourself truly by recognizing and realizing your faults. You are right in believing yourself to be as you describe and to be most unsuitable for any kind of duty; it is on this foundation that Our Lord will base the execution of His plans for you.
Sure, I did a lot of things in excess. But if you look at the core, the foundation of what I pursued, what red-blooded young American male in my position wouldn't?
In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them. . . what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them. . . '
The genuine writer cannot ignore the fact that the family is losing its spiritual foundation.
It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that every one should be maintained in the peaceful possession of what belongs to him.
We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy. . . I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.
If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the people we love. Loving oneself is the foundation for loving another person.
Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society.
Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.
The fear of hell, the punishment of sin, how the modern parent revolts from such teaching. Yet I will assert that far from doing us children harm, it was a sure foundation to the world of our confidence, a master girder in our palace of delight.
We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.
Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting.
The Soviet Union attempted to export communism to the entire world. We know what came of that. Now the West is trying to export democracy, including to regions where there is no traditional foundation for it. That cannot end well.
Our only reliable source of strength is the goodness of our hearts. Our only foundation for coming to terms with the suffering of the times is our innate need to be decent human beings.