"I want to make a summing up, brief and to the point, but thorough. I have never suppressed a word in my books out of regard for other people and their prejudices."

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Source : John Henry Mackay (2001). “John Henry Mackay: Autobiographical Writings”, p.11, Xlibris Corporation

John Henry Mackay

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“I want to make sure that everyone knows, God has been my greatest quarterback and I've caught a lot more than 84 touchdowns with Him!”
“It was pretty hard to actually have to say the words with my teammates, my wife and my boys there. I realized it was going to happen before that day [I announce retirement], but to have to announce it and talk about in front of a lot of people was tougher than I expected. I'm glad that feeling has kind of gone away. That sadness hasn't lingered.”

Source : Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com
“I don't need any more money.”
“I'm the number 1 target of the White House. They can't get Osama bin Laden; they're going to get me.”
“It's not Islam, it's extremism in general, that is such a crock and that does a disservice to the people of America to make us sound like we're a bunch of idiots that we can't see what's going on in front of us and we're too weak to tell the truth.”
“I joke that I've never been burdened by having an actual hit. There's something to that. My records have sold enough to make the record company money to help me keep my job. But I've never had anything so firmly ingrained in the mind of the public that I'm expected to repeat it.”
“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.”

Source : "French Contributions to America". Book by Edward Fecteau, 1945.
“I love you. Weâ€™re getting married, and thatâ€™s the way it is. Get used to it.”

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