"I don't care what the New York Times says about me, and no one I care about cares what the New York Times says about me."

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Source : Jesse Helms (2005). “Here's where I Stand: A Memoir”, p.64, Jesse Helms Center

Jesse Helms

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“I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does - he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise.”

Source : Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2006). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.289, Penguin
“Look, therefore, which way we will, whether at the direct Scriptural statements of death as the penalty of sin, or at the agony of the cross as a means of rescue, or at the joy of the angels of God over a rescue; we see from either that it must be a work of infinite and eternal consequence--the work of redemption.”

Source : Herrick Johnson (1881). “Christianity's Challenge and Some Phases of Christianity Submitted for Candid Consideration”
“People try to put us down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Hope I die before I get old.”
“There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.”
“She hoped he was running to his red deer woman, and that when he tapped on the door of her heart, she'd open it wide and let him in.”
“We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.”
“Scripture is the thing I like to share with people more than anything. My prayer reality is quite kooky. I have this very unique dialogue with the Lord. I utilize my own sort of street vocabulary - nothing slang that would be unacceptable.”
“The road before us is shorter than the road behind.”

Source : "Woman Suffrage", Vol. 4 by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, 1902.

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