"We can speculate on what's likely, but what's needed is an investigation. And speculation is no substitute for facts. As a former prosecutor, I prosecuted antitrust cases civilly. And I can say that antitrust investigations merit searching, penetrating scrutiny and investigation. That's what we need here."

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Source : "Justice Department Investigates Possible Collusion In U.S. Airline Industry". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. July 1, 2015.

Richard Blumenthal

#Needs Quotes #Facts Quotes #Merit Quotes

“Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone. Only those whose hearts are undefiled by their own evil--and by their own virtues too. The pure in heart have a child-like simplicity like Adam before the fall, innocent alike of good and evil: their hearts are not ruled by their conscience, but by the will of Jesus.”
“Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle in the lives of others.”

Source : Saint Symeon (the New Theologian) (1980). “Symeon New Theologian”, p.60, Paulist Press
“Whenever I sit with a bowl of soup before me, listening to the murmur that penetrates like the distant song of an insect, lost in contemplation of the flavours to come, I feel as if I were being drawn into a trance”

Source : "Privy counsels" by A.C. Grayling, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.
“Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.”

Source : 'The Concept of Mind' (1949) introduction
“Except from the Americansâ€”but every pearl has its oyster.”
“If geniuses can sometimes make mistakes, cannot the rest of us on occasion be geniuses?”
“That was a inch perfect pass to no one.”
“Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them.”

Source : Judith Moore (2005). “Fat Girl: A True Story”, p.156, Penguin

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