"I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them."

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Source : James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.246, ReadHowYouWant.com

James L. Buckley

#Temptation Quotes #Important Quotes #Cases Quotes

“During the games of the Circus, he had, imprudently or designedly, performed the manumission of a slave in the presence of the consul. The moment he was reminded that he had trespassed on the jurisdiction of another magistrate, he condemned himself to pay a fine of ten pounds of gold, and embraced this public occasion of declaring to the world that he was subject, like the rest of his fellow-citizens, to the laws, and even to the forms, of the republic.”
“Christ honors our submission even when our only motivation is obedience.”
“Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.”

Source : "The NS Interview: Rem Koolhaas, architect". Interview with Samira Shackle, www.newstatesman.com. May 16, 2012.
“The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.”
“There is no way in my right mind I would contemplate running 26 miles-plus unless it involved a chase with Pamela Anderson.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will belies waiting on the road ahead.”
“A great day on tour would be if I would say a two-hour drive, so you can wake up and you don't have to leave right away. You can go get breakfast somewhere nice that someone recommends in the town, and it turns out to be good. Then you can kind of check out the town, someone might recommend you to a cool thrift store, a record store, a nice park or something. You can have some time to yourself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Ugh! Erin. You have a one-track mind." She smiled deviously. "I prefer to think of it as target-driven.”

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