"Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means."

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Source : Joseph J. Ellis (2003). “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation”, p.16, Vintage

Joseph J. Ellis

#Mean Quotes #America Quotes #Argument Quotes

“It's only fashion that has said the pendulum has swung from extreme skepticism about extraterrestrial life to extreme credulity. The truth is somewhere in between.”
“Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.”

Source : Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.
“On the beach, at dawn: Four small stones clearly Hugging each other. How many kinds of love Might there be in the world, And how many formations might they make And who am I ever To imagine I could know Such a marvelous business? When the sun broke It poured willingly its light Over the stones That did not move, not at all, Just as, to its always generous term, It shed its light on me, My own body that loves, Equally, to hug another body.”
“If I can feel freedom then I can create.”
“I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.”
“It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.”
“Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.”
“We are debtors to every man to give him the gospel in the same measure in which we have received it.”

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