"Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote."

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William E. Simon

#People Quotes #Political Quotes #Voting Quotes

“Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now.”
“There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a high-stakes standardized exam but does not hold the high officials of our government accountable for robbing her of what they gave their own kids six or seven years before.”

Source : Jonathan Kozol (2005). “The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America”, p.53, Broadway Books
“Angels come in all sizes and shapes and colors, visible and invisible to the physical eye. But always you are changed from having seen one.”

Source : Sophy Burnham (2011). “A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present, and True Stories of How They Touch Our L ives”, p.52, Penguin
“Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them.”
“What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Make it a rule and pray to God to help you keep it . . . never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say "I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day."”

Source : Charles Kingsley (2008). “Daily Thoughts (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com
“At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss.”
“Part of living is understanding where the fringes are. Once you know how far people go, you can say, "Well, here's how I choose to represent myself."”

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