"We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense."

-- David Brinkley

#Years Quotes #Political Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.”

Source : John Brown (1910). “The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia”
“Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.”
“What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.”

Source : Alice Walker (1990). “The Temple of My Familiar”
“Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.”

Source : Song: Let's Dance, Album: Let's Dance, 1983
“We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong national security and a thoughtful and informed discourse.”
“Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.”

Source : Ivy Compton-Burnett (1972). “Manservant and maidservant”
“Ensure your employees understand what your brand stands for so they can be your first line of word-of-mouth advertising.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 03, 2016
“Religious traditions can be reinterpreted in a manner that assists healing, corrects distortions, and expands vision.”

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