Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. famous quotes

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I've always been a big supporter of the Constitutional right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition government for redress of grievances. It's just that I never envisioned it taking the form of thousands of people screaming 'you asshole!' at me.
-- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.
-- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness is based on the fact that there is no official religion.
-- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.
-- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur. It is like putting nitroglycerine in a Waring blender.
-- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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The mighty edifice of Government science dominated the scene in the middle of the 20th century as a Gothic cathedral dominated a 13th century landscape. The work of many hands over many years, it universally inspired admiration, wonder and fear.
You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved â€” I do not expect the house to fall â€” but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.
There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?
I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Our political problem now is "Can we, as a nation, continue together permanentlyforever--half slave, and half free?" The problem is too mighty for me. May God, in his mercy, superintend the solution.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. famous quotes

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