"When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access."

-- Dee Dee Myers

#White Quotes #Volunteer Quotes #House Quotes

“All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America.”
“Hating someone is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Invest your energy into something more worthwhile.”
“On the Medicare side, they limited their cuts to far in the future, and to providers.”
“Some people are so special, so beautiful and have so much to offer this world. Sad thing is they just donâ€™t see it. They need positive reinforcement. Tell them, 'If you could see only half of what I see in you, then one day you'd realize how truly amazing you really are.”

Source : FaceBook post by Marc Mero from Nov 19, 2016
“I have respect for beer.”
“The human heart is bigger than the world.”

Source : Carlos Bulosan (1973). “America is In the Heart: A Personal History”, p.225, University of Washington Press
“We can now say with considerable confidence that the Bible is not a history of anyone's past.... The Bible's "Israel" is a literary fiction... Not only have Adam and Eve and the flood story passed over to mythology, but we can no longer talk about a time of the patriarchs. There never was a "United Monarchy" in history and it is meaningless to speak of pre-exilic prophets and their writings... The Bible deals with the origin traditions of a people who never existed as such”
“Many offenders are tracked for prison at early ages, labeled as criminals in their teen years, and then shuttled from their decrepit, underfunded inner city schools to brand-new, high-tech prisons.”

Source : Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.150, The New Press

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