"Oh how I wish he (Franklin Pierce) was out of political life! How much better it would be for him on every account!"

-- Jane Pierce

#Political Quotes #Wish Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.”

Source : "De Re Rustica". I, 1,
“On 139 and Lenox Ave there's a big park, and if you're soft don't go through it when it gets dark”
“While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.”
“I think my image gets distorted in the public's mind. They don't get a clear or full picture of what I'm like, despite the press coverage I mentioned early. Mistruths are printed as fact, in some cases, and frequently only half of a story will be told. The part that doesn't get printed is often the part that would make the printed part less sensational by shedding light on the facts.”
“At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn't exist except as a part of everything.”
“The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.”
“Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate?”
“I meditate. Meditation helps me.”

Source : Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. October 9, 2012.

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