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Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems read more
Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems almost within reach. A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. De Tocqueville in his researches into the state of society in France before the revolution was struck by the discovery that "in no one of the periods which have followed the Revolution of 1789 has the national prosperity of France augmented more rapidly than it did in the twenty years preceding that event." He is forced to conclude that "the French found their position the more intolerable the better it became.
It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.
It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it read more
Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in read more
When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
I deserve respect for the things I did not do.
I deserve respect for the things I did not do.
