"If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function."

-- Charles W. Pickering

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“I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.”
“Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand, desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty.”
“Martin Luther King gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech, not the 'I Have a Plan' speech.”
“Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger.”

Source : Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “The Sound of the Mountain”, p.111, Vintage
“Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana... We should concentrate on prosecuting the rapists and burglars who are a menace to society.”
“I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.”
“Every eye sees its own special vision; every ear hears a most different song. In each man's troubled heart, an incision would reveal a unique, shameful wrong.”
“Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed some minimum capabilities through some guarantee of minimum income, education, and healthcare, we cannot say that we have fair competition. When some people have to run a 100 metre race with sandbags on their legs, the fact that no one is allowed to have a head start does not make the race fair. Equality of opportunity is absolutely necessary but not sufficient in building a genuinely fair and efficient society.”

Source : Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”

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