"The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln."

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Fletcher Knebel

#Political Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Bones Quotes

“Each time one of the medicine men dies, it's as if a library has burned down.”
“Lets make it known that we don't want to give away our beautiful homeland to corporate interests. It is our right as Canadians to be part of these decisions. The only thing standing between this world and environmental catastrophe is us”
“I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how that is possible.”
“Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat.”
“It's OK to take care of yourself.”
“I like that kind of thing. I like warmth and uncalled-for kindness, the small unnoticed generosities that speckle the meanness of the world.”

Source : Roland Merullo (2009). “A Little Love Story: A Novel”, p.161, Vintage
“I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.”
“Trouble is a thing that will come without our call, but true joy will not spring up without ourselves.”

Source : Simon Patrick (1858). “The works of Symon Patrick: including his autobiography”, p.633

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