Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make more clear-- French writer Joseph Joubert 1754-1824
Men use thought only to justify their wrongdoings, and speech only to conceal their thoughts. French writer Voltaire 1694-1778
We resent all criticism which denies us anything that lies in our line of advance--American Essayist Ralph waldo Emerson 1803-1882
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. --Abigail Adams 1735-1826
If you ever injected truth into politics, you would have no politics. American Humorist Will Rogers 1879-1935
People believe anything they read on the Internet if it fits their preconceived notions---Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left....Margaret Thatcher 1925-
The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer,
not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until
then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes
that shall result in the highest development of the race. -- Susan Brownell Anthony 1820-1906
"The
known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which
the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty." F. Ames (speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 15 January 1788)
"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." Ronald Reagan, 1911-1981
In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing. samuel clemens- Autobiography of Mark Twain
{D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such
an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few." -- John Adams (An Essay on Man's Lust for Power, 29 August 1763) Reference: Original Intent, Barton (338); original The Papers of
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent
and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all
Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation
of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of
conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment. -- George Washington, 1732-1799 (Address to the Members of the Volunteer Association of Ireland, 2 December 1783)
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.-- President Franklin D Roosevelt 1882-1945
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."
If we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in
line to our own, we become more polarized, more set in our own ways. It will
only reinforce and deepen the political divides in our country. But if we choose
to actively seek out information that challenges our assumptions and beliefs,
perhaps we can begin to understand where the people who disagree with us are
coming from. --Barack Obama, University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. President A. Lincoln-- 1809-1865.
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respect animal life quotes HERE
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"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened."
— John F. Kennedy
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."
— Ayn Rand
I usually make up my mind about a man
--Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) American politician and sociologist
"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did.
“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently
“When truth is replaced by silence,
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell
in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
— Winston Churchill
— Winston Churchill
Men use thought only to justify their wrongdoings, and speech only to conceal their thoughts. French writer Voltaire 1694-1778
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. --Abigail Adams 1735-1826
If you ever injected truth into politics, you would have no politics. American Humorist Will Rogers 1879-1935
People believe anything they read on the Internet if it fits their preconceived notions---Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to
preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform. Susan B. Anthony
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left....Margaret Thatcher 1925-
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly and
applying the wrong remedies."
— Groucho Marx
— Groucho Marx
"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." Ronald Reagan, 1911-1981
In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing. samuel clemens- Autobiography of Mark Twain
"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."
— Virginia Woolf |
{D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such
an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few." -- John Adams (An Essay on Man's Lust for Power, 29 August 1763) Reference: Original Intent, Barton (338); original The Papers of
John Adams, Taylor, ed., vol. 1 (83)
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent
and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all
Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation
of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of
conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment. -- George Washington, 1732-1799 (Address to the Members of the Volunteer Association of Ireland, 2 December 1783)
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| FDR secret |
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.-- President Franklin D Roosevelt 1882-1945
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."
--Noah Webster, An Examination of
the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 10 October 1787
Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem
to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of
government agencies to do good.”--Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) American politician and sociologist
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| details about pot from his biography HERE |
I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. President A. Lincoln-- 1809-1865.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.--Ronald Reagan, 1911-1981
more shortly...
quotes about quotes click HERE
respect animal life quotes HERE
political derangement HERE
"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened."
— John F. Kennedy
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."
— Ayn Rand
I usually make up my mind about a man
in ten seconds, and I
very rarely change it.--Margaret Thatcher
I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many
Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must
be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.--
Dolley Madison 1768-1849
She just did it backwards and in high heels."
— Ann Richards
— Ann Richards
enough, it will be believed.”
― Adolf Hitler
“I have a higher and grander standard of principle
than George Washington.
He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
― Mark Twain
“Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives,
but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.”
― Barbara Bush
“What you do speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you are saying.”
― Henry Adams
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.”
― Michael Jackson
“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
“Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.”
― Greg Evans
But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
the silence is a lie.”
― Yevgeny Yevtushenko
― Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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