"From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death,"

-- Harry A. Blackmun

#Machinery Quotes #This Day Quotes

“My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it.”
“Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.”
“One of the adversary's sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.”
“I'm not sure there can be loving without commitment, although commitment takes all kinds of forms, and there can be commitment for the moment as well as commitment for all time. The kind that is essential for loving marriages - and love affairs, as well - is a commitment to preserving the essential quality of your partner's soul, adding to them as a person rather than taking away.”

Source : "Some Men are More Perfect Than Others". Book by Merle Shain, 1973.
“The atom bomb was no â€œgreat decision.â€ It was used in the war, and for your information, there were more people killed by fire bombs in Tokyo than dropping of the atomic bombs accounted for. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. The dropping of the bombs stopped the war, save millions of lives.”
“It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.”
“Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions”

Source : John Stossel (2012). “No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed”, p.52, Simon and Schuster
“Those truffled turkeys, of which the reputation and the price are still increasing, appear like beneficient stars, and make the eyes sparkle of all sorts of gourmands of every category, whilst their faces beam with delight and they themselves dance with pleasure.”

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