"There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus. What you've got is everything, and I mean everything, being run by the political arm. It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis."

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Source : "Bush’s Burgeoning Body Count" by Nick Turse, www.motherjones.com. November 28, 2005.

John DiIulio

#Running Quotes #Mean Quotes #White Quotes

“No matter the barbs of fate that frustrate you, no matter how stacked against you the cards of fortune. . . . There is a liberating law in the universe, and you can become the highest of the high, wisest of the wise.”
“The icing on the cake is when other people enjoy your vision and support what you do.”

Source : Source: www.djbooth.net
“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
“Christianity, Christ, heaven, hell, the judgment, sin, holiness, God,--these, and whether they be true, or false, and our personal relations to them, whether they be right or wrong, are things to know about, not to be doubting or guessing about.”

Source : Herrick Johnson (1881). “Christianity's Challenge: And Some Phases of Christianity Submitted for Candid Consideration”
“There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?”
“We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?”
“Once you are in the orbit of your destiny, weightlessness is the only result.”
“But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.”

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