"But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be absolutely unbearable the people can rise up and throw it off. That's the finest asset we've got - the ballot box."

-- Mark Twain

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Voting Quotes

“I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.”
“The Web brings people together because no matter what kind of a twisted sexual mutant you happen to be, you've got millions of pals out there. Type in 'Find people that have sex with goats that are on fire'and the computer will say, 'Specify type of goat.'”
“one does not remember oneâ€™s own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us”
“Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?”
“The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.”
“Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it. He directs angels, man, animals, brute matter, in sum all created things, but each according to its nature, and man having been created free, he is freely led. This rule is truly the eternal law and in it we must believe.”
“I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous.”
“Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.”

Source : "The Reader's Digest" by DeWitt Wallace, ‎Lila Acheson Wallace, Vol. 56, p. 18, January 1950.

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