"The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope."

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Source : Charles Evans Hughes (1910). “Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government”

Charles Evans Hughes

#People Quotes #Peril Quotes #Foe Quotes

“As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a one-way street and his semaphore has four signs, all marked "stop.”
“In many cultures, women are sometimes literally kept from learning to read or from going to school.”

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“The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.”
“Caught Beauty , held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes.”
“In this time of recession, it is the time for invention. Did you know both the telephone and the automobile were invented during recessions? So was 'talking dirty.'”
“I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't do drugs. I shop, okay?”
“Give me good books, good conversations, and my Trek Y-Foil, and I shall want for nothing else.”
“Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.”

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