"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned."

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Source : Herbert Hoover (1955). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955”

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“What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.”
“I'm sure if the punishment fits the crime, or is more severe, you're going to start stamping out a lot of things that are going on in football.”
“Body and soul: a horse harnessed beside an ox.”
“I wrote 'Millie's Cafe' driving out of Ft. Worth, Texas one time. I was in a dust storm in my old bus. Beer inside. It was like a sailboat, you know...we couldn't see anything. Some things about Texas are so different than Ontario. I was just thinking about how different it is from where I live and, you know, whatever happens to inspire a song happened.”
“'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money.”
“The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.”
“The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.”
“Big results require big ambitions.”

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