"Science knows no politics. Are we in this frenzy of [the Depression] economy, brought about by those who control the wealth of this country, seeking to put a barrier on science and research for the paltry sum of $39,113 out of an appropriation of $100,000,000?"

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Source : "Democracy for the Few". Book by Michael Parenti, 2010.

Fiorello H. La Guardia

#Country Quotes #Science Quotes #Research Quotes

“It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.”
“Time folds you in its arms and gives you one last kiss, and then it flattens you out and folds you up and tucks you away until it's time for you to become someone else's past time, and then time folds again.”
“and remember, nobody's feelings are more important than your own, so take time to love yourself.”
“The song seraphically free Of taint of personality, So pure that it salutes the suns The voice of one for millions, In whom the millions rejoice For giving their one spirit voice.”
“Platonic love is platonic nonsense.”
“You just kind of go and do your own thing. Sometimes it's really hard to compare apples and oranges, so you don't really think of it that way. You just perform to your fullest potential and hope everybody else does too. And however it works out, it works out.”
“I've been asked to pose for Playboy.”
“There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream.”

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