"The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer."

-- Carrie Chapman Catt

#Prayer Quotes #Defense Quotes #Weapons Quotes

“For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.”

Source : "Sen. Landrieu: Government made recovery 'difficult'". "Meet the Press" with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. August 29, 2010.
“Being tired of all illusions and of everything about illusions â€“ the loss of illusions, the uselessness of having them, the prefatigue of having to have them in order to lose them, the sadness of having had them, the intellectual shame of having had them knowing that they would have to end this way.”
“It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“So,uh, where am I, exactly ? And what do you plan on doing with me ?" "You're at Underworld General Hospital. As you can probably guess, we specialize in nonhuman medical care. Our location is secret, so don't ask." "UGH ? Your hospital is called 'ugh' ? Oh, that's precious.”
“I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.”
“It's not so simple to just walk into the desert and cleanse your soul like some new age, snap your fingers, it's all done.”
“To some it may seem old-fashioned to speak of virtue and chastity, honesty, morality, faith, character, but these are the qualities which have built great men and women and point the way by which one may find happiness in the living of today and eternal joy in the world to come. These are the qualities which are the anchors to our lives, in spite of the trials, the tragedies, the pestilences, and the cruelties of war which bring in their wake appalling destruction, hunger, and bloodshed”
“I was fourteen years old when I went to my first suffrage meeting. Returning from school one day, I met my mother just setting out for the meeting, and I begged her to let me go along.”

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