"Strength, the American way, is not manifested by threats of criminal prosecution or police state methods.Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods."

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Source : "Declaration of Conscience‎" by Margaret Chase Smith, (p. 293), 1972.

Margaret Chase Smith

#Mean Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Police Quotes

“When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.”
“Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away”
“I've never stolen anything in my life, except maybe a couple hearts here and there.”
“I just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded.”
“When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys do not seek to avenge their deaths. Black, Hispanic, or poor families who have a loved one murdered not only don't expect the district attorney's office to pursue the death penalty -which, of course, is both costly and time consuming- but are surprised when the case is prosecuted at all.”
“... Janis Joplin has one of the most distinguished female voices of the decade. It is a voice that has been aged in Southern Comfort and cured with Kahlua and milk. It is a voice that cuts you like a razor, but you can still hear the innocence in it, a claim to purity that soars out of the garbage of her throat, carrying evil harmonies.”
“My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.”
“It's a wonderful feeling to experience a shift when you realize that you have the power to change the patterns within yourself.”

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