"Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet."

-- Russell B. Long

#Feet Quotes #Government Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“We also need to encourage Americans to become more fiscally responsible themselves. We can do this by redesigning our tax system into an expenditure tax with a single flat rate. ... We have to substantially reduce the size and scope of the federal government, fundamentally increase the role of the states in choosing their own practices, and bring decision-making closer to the people, not to unelected administrators. These steps are crucial to getting our nation on a path of fiscal, political and constitutional responsibility.”
“It would be stupid of me to rule out ever being the leader because that's an impossible thing to rule out. I can't predict future events.”
“Tune into your own capacities and always make time for sleep”
“The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.”
“You know, you don't need to grow old to die. I was dying at the age of 20 as a result of no direction and no purpose.”
“We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted to a happier clime.”
“I hardly see myself as a futurist.”
“I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.”

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