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“Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.”
Source : Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.8, Penguin
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“I never think about any of my accomplishments and I always get butterflies in my stomach and I never get too comfortable with the status.”
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“Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic.”
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“Active beneficence is a virtue of easier practice than forbearance after having conferred, or than thankfulness after having received a benefit. I know not, indeed, whether it be a greater and more difficult exercise of magnanimity, for the one party to act as if he had forgotten, or for the other as if he constantly remembered the obligation.”
Source : George Canning (1842). “Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary Biographical Sketch, and an Appendix, of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches”, p.533
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“There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like. Avoiding one's friends, that's the real test.”
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“I believe that the end of things man-made cannot be very far away - must be near at hand.”
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“Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.”
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“Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.”
