"All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities."

-- James F. Cooper

#Mean Quotes #Government Quotes #Political Quotes

“But crazy people never think they're crazy. You're sane just by the virtue of the question.”
“You might declare that global warming and energy insecurity, not to mention urban sprawl and pollution, have intensified the sin of indulging one's motoring desires. And I would not argue with that point. You're right. I am a bad man. But over the long term, if you want to develop a new transportation and energy policy, you'd probably want to err on the side of assuming that people won't change much. And it is human nature to like to be empowered.”

Source : "The Car of the Future". voices.washingtonpost.com. December 2, 2008.
“All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in getting the two biggest challenges of his time right: defeating the Soviet Union and reviving the American economy and spirit. Neither of those achievements was inevitable. Both were fiercely opposed at the time. But he persisted; his visionary focus matched only by a gentleness of character and a brilliance of rhetoric.”
“It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.”
“Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight...”
“Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.”
“I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.”
“I was accustomed to walking alone. I'd find other people who agreed with me, but they also said, "I wouldn't dare mention it." I was the only one who would say, "We've got to stand." And they said, "Well, yes. And after you make it safe, then I'll stand, too. But you have to make it safe."”

Source : Source: www.progressive.org

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