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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. – Dwight D. Eisenhower	added by Normando 4 months ago
We need a tested leader who will not be timid in the face of Republican insurrectionists. – Gerry Connolly	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The message that should be taken from this campaign is also a very simple message, which is : Don't be timid on Covid, the governor took bold action on mandates and masks, and the campaign seized on that and used it to literally create a simple decision for voters :' Do you want to be safe ? Do you want your communities to be safe ? Do you want your schools to stay open ?'. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It [government] covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting: such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd. – Alexis de Tocqueville	added by Normando 3 years ago
We must pity the poor wretched, timid soul who is too faint-hearted to resist his oppressors. He sings the song of the dammed: “I can’t fight back; I have too much to lose; I own too much property; I have worked too hard to get what I have; They will put me out of business if I resist; I might go to jail; I have my family to think about.” Such poor miserable creatures have misplaced values and are hiding their cowardice behind pretended family responsibility -- blindly refusing to see that the most glorious legacy that one can bequeath to posterity is liberty; and that the only true security is liberty. – Marvin Cooley	added by Normando 3 years ago
President Trump saying it's close is news we've heard before. How close is close? Close but not quite or close but I could change my mind? that's what's keeping the market on its heels at the moment, keeping the move a little bit more timid. – Mark Luschini	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Each day counted literally while she was in quarantine, the whole team of experts and vets spent (almost a month) with her, she did not even know how to eat and was very timid. – Aldijana Hamzic	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The political environment [in the US] has changed, now, we have a coalition of people on the left and the right.... saying antitrust has failed. It's been timid. It's given the large firms too much freedom. – William Kovacic	Found on CNN 4 years ago
After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small, complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided; men seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd. – Alexis de Tocqueville	added by Normando 4 years ago
The ones who are timid -- I gravitate toward those kids. i know what One Teach One feels like and try to make them feel good about themselves. – Jon Escueta -LRB- @citycutsbarbershop -RRB-	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I am saddened by the timid response of the world community, world leaders, who should be defenders of the freedom and democracy, where is the outrage against such horrendous, repugnant catastrophe that's happening on our watch ? – Rushan Abbas	Found on CNN 5 years ago
As women who are incarcerated, lots of them are very timid, when they answer you, they don’t look at you and stand up straight, in the real world that’s an important skill, it’s important that they see the value in themselves, and that they know they can do something wonderful. – Julie Sanderson	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
NG is always very reserved, very calm and very timid, except when he is playing cards. – Paul Pogba	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
My other dog Jackson usually hates other dogs but he seems to really like Norman’s sweet and timid demeanor. They get along so well. – Liz Heatherly	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
A very loud firecracker, and he was not expecting it, whatever combination it was, it was enough to set his already being timid into a flight mode, and I haven't been able to find him since. – Simon Flarity	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Seeing the way she’s been acting — not so much angry, but you can tell she’s just kind of like a little scared and timid and doesn’t know what to think of everything, because everybody has been showing up around the area, it is exciting, it’s a new life, you know, so it’s very exciting, but at the other end, she needs her privacy. – Katherine Warren	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Russia’s goal in its lone mediation mission appears to be twofold: firstly, to repair its international reputation in relation to its debacle in Ukraine, and secondly to strengthen the impression in Armenia and Azerbaijan that Russia calls the shots in the South Caucasus, the fact that the U.S. administration is so absent and timid in its response has the impact of ceding the strategic field in the South Caucasus to Russia. This can have profound and dangerous consequences in Syria, Ukraine, and far beyond. – Matthew Bryza	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I was playing a little bit timid, to finish like that definitely turned around my confidence. – Lexi Thompson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When they start, they are so timid, (Now) the confidence they have, it's just beyond words. It's the most beautiful thing. – Kakenya Ntaiya	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Ted Cruz is the most conservative candidate running, the most consistently conservative candidate running, i think Ted Cruz is a rock star. Cruz is like the conscience of a conservative in a Senate that is gutless, timid and cowardly. – Mark Levin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I want us to be able when we walk out this door to say we couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do, that we didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard. That we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing because there is no next thing. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I want us to be able, when we walk out this door, to say, 'We couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do ... that we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing because there is no next thing,'. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I want us to be able, when we walk out this door, to say we couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do. That we didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard. That we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing, because there is no next thing, this is it. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Despite the timid pick-up of the global economy, Mali has this year (2015) produced 50 tonnes of gold of which 46 tonnes are industrial production and four tonnes are artisanal. – President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

– Dwight D. Eisenhower

added by Normando
4 months ago

We need a tested leader who will not be timid in the face of Republican insurrectionists.

– Gerry Connolly

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The message that should be taken from this campaign is also a very simple message, which is : Don't be timid on Covid, the governor took bold action on mandates and masks, and the campaign seized on that and used it to literally create a simple decision for voters :' Do you want to be safe ? Do you want your communities to be safe ? Do you want your schools to stay open ?'.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It [government] covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting: such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.

– Alexis de Tocqueville

added by Normando
3 years ago

We must pity the poor wretched, timid soul who is too faint-hearted to resist his oppressors. He sings the song of the dammed: “I can’t fight back; I have too much to lose; I own too much property; I have worked too hard to get what I have; They will put me out of business if I resist; I might go to jail; I have my family to think about.” Such poor miserable creatures have misplaced values and are hiding their cowardice behind pretended family responsibility -- blindly refusing to see that the most glorious legacy that one can bequeath to posterity is liberty; and that the only true security is liberty.

– Marvin Cooley

added by Normando
3 years ago

President Trump saying it's close is news we've heard before. How close is close? Close but not quite or close but I could change my mind? that's what's keeping the market on its heels at the moment, keeping the move a little bit more timid.

– Mark Luschini

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Each day counted literally while she was in quarantine, the whole team of experts and vets spent (almost a month) with her, she did not even know how to eat and was very timid.

– Aldijana Hamzic

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The political environment [in the US] has changed, now, we have a coalition of people on the left and the right.... saying antitrust has failed. It's been timid. It's given the large firms too much freedom.

– William Kovacic

Found on CNN
4 years ago

After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small, complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided; men seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.

– Alexis de Tocqueville

added by Normando
4 years ago

The ones who are timid -- I gravitate toward those kids. i know what One Teach One feels like and try to make them feel good about themselves.

– Jon Escueta -LRB- @citycutsbarbershop -RRB-

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I am saddened by the timid response of the world community, world leaders, who should be defenders of the freedom and democracy, where is the outrage against such horrendous, repugnant catastrophe that's happening on our watch ?

– Rushan Abbas

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As women who are incarcerated, lots of them are very timid, when they answer you, they don’t look at you and stand up straight, in the real world that’s an important skill, it’s important that they see the value in themselves, and that they know they can do something wonderful.

– Julie Sanderson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

NG is always very reserved, very calm and very timid, except when he is playing cards.

– Paul Pogba

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

My other dog Jackson usually hates other dogs but he seems to really like Norman’s sweet and timid demeanor. They get along so well.

– Liz Heatherly

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

A very loud firecracker, and he was not expecting it, whatever combination it was, it was enough to set his already being timid into a flight mode, and I haven't been able to find him since.

– Simon Flarity

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Seeing the way she’s been acting — not so much angry, but you can tell she’s just kind of like a little scared and timid and doesn’t know what to think of everything, because everybody has been showing up around the area, it is exciting, it’s a new life, you know, so it’s very exciting, but at the other end, she needs her privacy.

– Katherine Warren

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Russia’s goal in its lone mediation mission appears to be twofold: firstly, to repair its international reputation in relation to its debacle in Ukraine, and secondly to strengthen the impression in Armenia and Azerbaijan that Russia calls the shots in the South Caucasus, the fact that the U.S. administration is so absent and timid in its response has the impact of ceding the strategic field in the South Caucasus to Russia. This can have profound and dangerous consequences in Syria, Ukraine, and far beyond.

– Matthew Bryza

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I was playing a little bit timid, to finish like that definitely turned around my confidence.

– Lexi Thompson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When they start, they are so timid, (Now) the confidence they have, it's just beyond words. It's the most beautiful thing.

– Kakenya Ntaiya

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ted Cruz is the most conservative candidate running, the most consistently conservative candidate running, i think Ted Cruz is a rock star. Cruz is like the conscience of a conservative in a Senate that is gutless, timid and cowardly.

– Mark Levin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I want us to be able when we walk out this door to say we couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do, that we didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard. That we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing because there is no next thing.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I want us to be able, when we walk out this door, to say, 'We couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do ... that we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing because there is no next thing,'.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I want us to be able, when we walk out this door, to say we couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do. That we didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard. That we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing, because there is no next thing, this is it.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Despite the timid pick-up of the global economy, Mali has this year (2015) produced 50 tonnes of gold of which 46 tonnes are industrial production and four tonnes are artisanal.

– President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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