"We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don't believe in Americans, who will?"

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Source : Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.

Mitch Daniels

#Believe Quotes #Drawing Quotes #Balance Quotes

“Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.”

Source : Pratibha Patils farewell speech to the nation, www.abplive.in. July 24, 2012.
“The economic and social theories used by those who take part in the social struggle ought to be judged not by their objective value but primarily for their effectiveness in arousing emotions. The scientific refutation of them which can be made is useless, however correct it may be objectively.”

Source : Vilfredo Pareto (1971). “Manual of political economy”, Augustus m Kelley Pubs
“Climate change is not a major issue because it will cause sea level rises or temperature increases, since we know how to live at higher elevations and regulate the temperature within our homes. It is a major issue because ecosystems are finding it difficult to adapt to the rapidity of the climate and environmental changes and are dying off, thereby accelerating the species extinction that is already underway due to our consumption habits.”
“America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.”
“They serve God well, who serve his creatures.”

Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1862). “The Lady of La Garaye”, p.121
“No woman or girl is going to want to spend time looking at pretty dresses on the Internet. Vogue is going to be around for a long time to come.”
“Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.”

Source : "Labour's wretched silence on child poverty" by Kevin McKenna, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2012.
“If you want to learn about money, learn from somebody who has a lot of it.”

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