"In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli."

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Source : Thomas Stephen Szasz (1990). “The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary”, Open Court Publishing Company

Howard Zinn

#Wall Quotes #Independence Quotes #Today Quotes

“There is no moment where you can rest and think: 'Wonderful, I have that job now. I'm going to spend five years here.' There's a constant judgment on your work that's very strongly related to what you are.”

Source : "Clémence Poésy interview: Casting a spell". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2010.
“The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.”
“As soon as you feel comfortable, that's when it's time to start over.”
“The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.”
“The recovery movementis not primarily addressed to people who always knew about their sexual victimization. Its main intendedaudience is women who aren't at all sure that they were molested, and its purpose is to convince them of that face and embolden them to act upon it. As for genuine victims, the comfort they are proffered may look attractive at first, but it is of debatable long value.”
“This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.”
“So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he would have been rejected by all those people who had worked with him in Washington.”
“Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.”

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