"The two-thirds rule of the Senate, which can be changed only by constitutional amendment, will no doubt continue for a long time to come. Like monogamy, it is not completely satisfactory, but, like monogamy, it has won general if somewhat grudging acquiescence."

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Source : "A Diplomatic History of the American People". Book by Thomas A. Bailey, 7th ed., p. 17, 1940.

Thomas A. Bailey

#Two Quotes #Long Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“[Getting the truth in the New York Post has been as] difficult as finding a good hamburger in Albania.”
“A wise man from my home once told me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that each rock and every boulder you see represents a mujahadeen who died fighting either the Russians or the Taliban. Then the man went on to say that now that the fighting is finished, it is time to build a new era of peace-and the first step in that process is to take up the stones and start turning them into schools.”
“We want Paul's theology and his results but not his methods.”
“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
“I do not feel I could give up all for Christ, were I called to die.”
“Nature Boy, whats that? Do you run around the forest like Euell Gibbons, eating bark or something?”
“Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything.”
“Be content where you are! The sooner I let go of the notion that something could only be one way, the way I had planned it, without fail, I have always gotten more done and with far less discomfort.”

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