"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption."

-- James A. Garfield

#Ignorance Quotes #Character Quotes #People Quotes

“So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product.”
“Amnesty is not the answer as it will only encourage more illegal immigrants to enter.”
“What can be nobler than the idea it gives us of the Supreme Being?”
“... Sometimes, we try to stifle that fact or hide it, ... But the profound, and ultimately most important, reality is that we are not only citizens of this blessed country, we are citizens of the same awesome God.”
“Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing”
“The old San Francisco is under attack to the point where it's disappearing”

Source : "'Beat city' fights dotcom gold rush" by Simon Davis, The Daily Telegraph, June 19, 2001.
“Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not listening to wicked men, who may endeavor to make us enemies. By living in peace, we can help and prosper one another; by waging war, we can kill and destroy many on both sides; but those who survive will not be the happier for that.”
“Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.”

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