"The upper current of society presents no pertain criterion by which we can judge of the direction in which the under current flows."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

#Judging Quotes #Society Quotes #Flow Quotes

“But Barack Obama is not a person who would defend the rights and heritage of the European-American people.”
“People have to go through what they have to go through. I think in some cases you sort of bring things on yourself and that's what you want it to be than that's the way it is.”
“Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.”
“Conversion is a turning onto the right road. The next thing to do is to walk on it.”
“Money, media, and political power are very closely connected.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.”
“It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.”
“There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our Americanism: the ability to dissent without fear. It is our right to utter the words, I disagree. We must feel at liberty to speak those words to our neighbors, our clergy, our educators, our news media, our lawmakers and, above all, to the one among us we elect President.”

Source : "What is Patriotism?". www.thenation.com. July 15, 1991.

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