"Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee."

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Source : "Newsweek" Magazine, April 17, 1967.

F. Lee Bailey

#Rights Quotes #Political Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.”
“Choose people who lift you up.”
“'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.”
“I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.”
“Teach us to give and not to count the cost.”
“What I really don't like is oversimplification.”
“There's a palace in your head, boy. Learn to live in it always.”
“Whenever we make changes in our surroundings, we can too easily shortchange ourselves, by cutting ourselves off from some of the sights and sounds, the shapes or textures, or other information from a place that have helped mold our understanding and are now necessary for us to thrive. Overdevelopment and urban sprawl can damage our own lives as much as they damage our cities and countryside.”

Source : Tony Hiss (2010). “The Experience of Place: A New Way of Looking at and Dealing With our Radically Changing Cities and Count ryside”, p.12, Vintage

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