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“The question is, ‘Who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders? As you know, my position is clear – I’m the commander guy.”
— George W. Bush (1946 – ), 43rd president, former Texas governor, former CEO of Arbusto Energy, Spectrum 7, and Harken Energy
Western thinking has become conservative; the world situation should stay as it is at any cost; there should be no changes. This debilitating dream of a status quo is the symptom of a society that has come to the end of its development.
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
— A.J. Liebling
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
— Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School
I am persuaded that diverse of you, who lead the people, have labored to build yourselves in these things; wherein you have censured others, and established yourselves ‘upon the Word of God.’ Is it therefore infallibly agreeable to the Word of God, all that you say? I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
— Oliver Cromwell
“Believers” tend to believe in God’s vengeance for their enemies, but in God’s mercy for themselves.
— Sydney J. Harris
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable.
— Edward R. Murrow
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of atheism; a sort of religious denial of God. It professes to believe in a man rather than in God. It is a compound made up chiefly of man-ism with but little deism, and is as near to atheism as twilight to darkness.
— Thomas Paine
“He has done a fantastic job at the Department of Justice. He is our No. 1 crime fighter. He has done so much to help keep this country safe from terrorists.”
– White House spokesperson Dana Perino speaking about Attorney Gen. Alberto Gonzales
I am quite sure that I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices or creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being — that is enough for me; he can’t be any worse.
— Mark Twain
