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| Honest as Policy
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
-- Robert E. Lee
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| New Jobs
Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.
-- Ross Perot
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| Arms Preserve Order
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
-- Thomas Paine
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| Enriching the World
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and
you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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| Friends and Trust
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
-- Ulysses S. Grant
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| Dark Places
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
-- Dante Alighieri
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| Exceeding Grace
O the exceeding grace
of highest God, that loves his creatures so,
and all his works with mercy doth embrace,
that blessed angels, he sends to and fro,
to serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
-- Edmund Spenser
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| Greater Futures and Failure
If we go back centuries, we see that every generation of Americans has been able to give to the next generation a brighter future, greater prosperity, greater opportunity. We are on the verge of being the first generation of Americans not to do so. If we want ...
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| Why, Indeed?
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot ...
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| Leadership Is...
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
-- Tom Landry
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| Political Correctness Gone Wrong
The notion of political correctness declares certain topics, certain expressions, even certain gestures, off-limits. What began as a crusade for civility has soured into a cause of conflict and even censorship.
-- George W. Bush
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| The Constitution
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
-- Alexander Hamilton
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| Voice of the People
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
-- Alexander Hamilton
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| Of Ships and Women
A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
-- Chester W. Nimitz
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| The Rich and Military Service
Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons ...
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| The Virtue of Silence
"Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.”
“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power."
-- Charles de Gaulle
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| Marketplace of Ideas
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
-- John F. Kennedy
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| Re-Runs
The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
-- Bill Cosby
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| Wanting
I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In other words, I want to get married.
-- Jarod Kintz, I Want
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| Pressing On
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence ...
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| What Courage Is
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
-- Winston Churchill
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| Starting Fresh
I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.
-- Steve Martin
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| What Lives On
The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.
-- Edmund Spenser
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| U.S Naval Service
I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they say the United States won the war and saved the world.
-- Bob Feller, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
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| 3 Things That Matter
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.
-- Stephen ...
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