"The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity."

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Source : 1950 'Declaration of Conscience' address to the Senate,1 Jun, denouncing accusations by Senator Joseph R McCarthy.

Margaret Chase Smith

#Hate Quotes #Character Quotes #Presidential Quotes

“Youth sees too far to see how near it is To seeing farther.”
“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.”
“Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.536, Bantam
“I had utterly abandoned myself to Him. Could any choice be as wonderful as His will? Could any place be safer than the center of His will? Did not he assure me by His very presence that His thoughts toward us are good, and not evil? Death to my own plans and desires was almost deliriously delightful. Everything was laid at His nail-scarred feet, life or death, health or illness, appreciation by others or misunderstanding, success or failure as measured by human standards. Only He himself mattered.”

Source : "They Found the Secret: Twenty Transformed Lives that Reveal a Touch of Eternity".
“I can't imagine anybody disagrees with President Trump when he says, if we don't take care of our veterans, who are we really as a nation?”
“Any man who leads the regular and temperate life, not swerving from it in the least degree where his nourishment is concerned, can be but little affected by other disorders or incidental mishaps. Whereas, on the other hand, I truly conclude that disorderly habits of living are those which are fatal.”

Source : LUIGI CORNARO (1915). “The Art of LIVING LONG”
“To me having a party is something like having a baby. The fact that you got through the last one alive is not somehow sufficiently reassuring now.”

Source : JEAN KERR (1970). “Penny Candy”
“Society, like nature, is one body, really.”

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