"I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff."

-- Ezra Cornell

#Book Quotes #Tariffs Quotes #Economy Quotes

“The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. Heâ€™s about double the numbers now. Can you imagine if McCain had won and did precisely what Obama has done, with every speech and every political maneuver overseas? Thereâ€™d be riots in the streets about the people weâ€™re killing. And yet because itâ€™s Obama, and heâ€™s better looking and better at reading the teleprompter, we let him get away with it.”
“Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. ... The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.”
“Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.”
“The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.”
“The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being looked down upon, it's that sense of failure that's built into a system that assures everyone they can make it to the top, but then reserves the top for only a tiny fraction of the strivers.”
“What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.”
“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”
“Jesus sat down to demonstrate to us that the work is indeed finished.”

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