"We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply."

-- Giulio Andreotti

“The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.”
“Let that man be a Bosnian, Herzegovinian. Outside they don't call you by another name, except simply a Bosnian. Whether that be a Muslim (Bosniak), Serb or Croat. Everyone can be what they feel that they are, and no one has a right to force a nationality upon them.”
“A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension.”
“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”
“It needed to be in the public record that no matter the size of the disaster, no matter the level of our compassion, that we have a responsibility to get emergency help to people the right way, but we also have a responsibility to be prudent in our planning.”
“We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.”
“So, dear friend, put fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold â€” by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.”

Source : William Allen White (1937). “Forty Years on Main Street”
“Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.”

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