"There is too much at stake to worry about our own egos. When my son was killed, I had to face the fact that I was somehow also responsible for what happened. Every American that allows this to continue has, to some extent, blood on their hands. Some of us have a little bit, and some of us are soaked in it."

-- Cindy Sheehan

#Son Quotes #Hands Quotes #Blood Quotes

“Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.”
“He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.”
“It's simply the way things are when people come together out of hurt rather than happiness. When you try to use people as band-aids you merely reinfect the wound, and every moment you spend with them is like a speck of glass working itself deeper into your flesh.”
“Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”
“To suggest that conservatives have a monopoly on hate is an ideological mugging of reality.”

Source : Don Feder (1996). “Who's Afraid of the Religious Right?”, p.135, Regnery Publishing
“When you live in America, it's kind of insular - the news coverage that you get - unless you're really smart about it and find more international news coverage. I've learned that from my husband. In the French culture, they talk politics.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the life we wish to lead.”

Source : Marlo Morgan (1991). “Mutant message down under”, Bookpeople
“Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves?”

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