"What I think I represent is a patriot who has no political baggage behind him that has dedicated his entire life to serving America and all segments of our citizenship. I think I bring an element of appeal to a very broad spectrum of Texans to include veterans, the middle class, the lower class and the Hispanic population, obviously. But, also, I think there is this leadership quality that has to be taken into consideration."

-- Ricardo Sanchez

#Taken Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Political Quotes

“We need fewer philosophies and more philosophers.”
“If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it's just a drunk. If a Negro does, it's the whole damn Negro race.”
“If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.”

Source : Terry Goodkind (2015). “Naked Empire”, p.327, Head of Zeus
“People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.”
“Today be happy with what you have - not discontent with what you don't have.”
“I think it's a typical hidden agenda of the Liberal party... They had the courts do it for them, they put the judges in they wanted, then they failed to appeal -- failed to fight the case in court... I think the federal government deliberately lost this case in court and got the change to the law done through the back door.”
“And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders”

Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl
“Relationships are hard regardless! But I think they feed the artist: relationships, children, life, family - it all feeds the artist. Loss. Joy. Sacrifice.”

Source : Interview with Liane Balaban, logger.believermag.com. February 13, 2013.

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