"I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear."

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Source : Speech in Senate, 1 June 1950 See Blasco-Ibáñez 1; Grantland Rice 2

Margaret Chase Smith

#Fear Quotes #Party Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to know whether he is normal or retarded. ... We do not attempt to establish or prepare a prognosis and we leave unanswered the question of whether this retardation is curable, or even improveable. We shall limit ourselves to ascertaining the truth in regard to his present mental state.”

Source : Alfred Binet (1977). “Works on Psychometrics”, Greenwood Publishing Group
“Life is the greatest art of all, and the master artist is the man who is living the beautiful life.”
“Everything in my life has been a stepping-stone to something else.”
“I was a late developer and, at the age of 15, I almost thought of quitting football.”
“A good marriage is loving someone in a lot of different circumstances. Respect for them and their views and ideas and the life that they're leading with you. Shared values and interests. A good sense of humour. And a little volatility along the way.”
“The Army of Northern Virginia was never defeated. It merely wore itself out whipping the enemy.”
“America is the only place where man is full-grown!”
“Blessed be the Lord for the beauty of summer and spring, for the air, the water, the verdure, and the song of birds.”

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