"The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success."

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Thomas A. Edison

#Survival Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Week Quotes

“My dad took me to John Kennedy's inauguration when I was 8. We come every time, Republican and Democrat, because of this great country.”

Source : "Interviews with Senator John Barrasso & David Plouffe". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 20, 2013.
“The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.”
“There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights.”
“Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.”
“I found Elvis on the Internet, I went camping with a young cadet, he showed me his bayonet.”
“In my youth, I spent my time investigating insects.”
“A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.”

Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.72, Macmillan
“Persecution is as necessary to religion as pruning to an orchard.”

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