"...Nixon's subversion [of the consititution] consisted of: One presidental lie; one invocation of presidental privilege, and zero criminal offences."

-- William J. Clinton

#Zero Quotes #Lying Quotes #Politics Quotes

“The real question should be: what makes a good political poem? The possible answers to that question are both obvious and yet still a little too subjective for anyone to ever fully agree on. What do I most wish to see in a political poet? Sublimated rebellion.”
“The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede. What stands in your way is that you have a much too willful will. You think that what you do not do yourself does not happen.”
“Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away.”

Source : Charles W. Chesnutt (2008). “The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt”, p.382, Penguin
“The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.”
“I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.”

Source : "Q&A With David Stern: Part 1". Interview with Jason Friedman, www.nba.com. December 18, 2012.
“You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.”

Source : Saul Bellow (2013). “Seize the Day”, p.70, Odyssey Editions
“I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.”
“The more opinions you have, the less you see.”

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