"Our fathers and grandfathers who poured over the Midwest were self-reliant, rugged, God-fearing people of indomitable courage....They asked only for freedom of opportunity and equal chance. In these conceptions lies the real basis of American democracy. They and their fathers give a genius to American institutions that distinguished our people from any other in the world."

-- Herbert Hoover

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“Postal will be so politically incorrect and harsh, it's like a mirror to American society, and I don't think the movie will be well received by anybody. For example, Osama Bin Laden will be one of the lead characters-I think that shows the mood of the movie.”

Source : "Uwe Boll bites back" by Ellie Gibson, www.eurogamer.net. February 15, 2006.
“Do you realize itâ€™s been only a century that weâ€™ve been able to go from house to car to office to car to wherever, with the heater on, and the defroster on, protected from the rain and the cold? It hasnâ€™t been much longer than that weâ€™ve had lighting for streets. Think of all that darkness, all that world out there, all that mystery that weâ€™ve turned into well-lighted concrete bunkers, safe and warm and dull.”
“Think twice before you speak to a friend in need”
“By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.”

Source : Benjamin Rush (1988). “Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical”, Union College
“The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.”
“It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.”
“I wanna hear it, I wanna hear it from each and every one of you. I wanna hear it from the kids, the men, the women. I wanna hear it from every single person in this arena. I want you to stand up out of your seat, I want you to get up and do what you should have done a long time ago! I want you to admit that you were wrong! All of you! You all were wrong! Each and every single one of you! I made it!”
“You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home.”

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