Winthrop W. Aldrich Quotes

If we can implant in our people the Christian virtues which we sum up in the word character, and, at the same time, give them a knowledge of the line which should be drawn between voluntary action and governmental compulsion in a democracy, and of what can be accomplished within the stern laws of economics, we will enable them to retain their freedom, and at the same time, make them worthy to be free.

Winthrop W. Aldrich

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• All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

  

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• Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.

  

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• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

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• Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.

  

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• Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

  

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• I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.

  

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• There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.

  

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• A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.

  

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  • Together
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• Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.

  

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• It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.

  

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• Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

  

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• It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.

  

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• And it hurts as a player, that you put a lot of hard work in during the week, and at the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that's when they acknowledge about the hard work that you put in throughout the week. That's actually a disappointment.

  

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• If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever.

  

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• I am not a hero, O.K.? I am not a hero. I am a very ordinary person.

  

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• If we can implant in our people the Christian virtues which we sum up in the word character, and, at the same time, give them a knowledge of the line which should be drawn between voluntary action and governmental compulsion in a democracy, and of what can be accomplished within the stern laws of economics, we will enable them to retain their freedom, and at the same time, make them worthy to be free.

  

  Winthrop W. Aldrich
  • People
  • Christian
  • Democracy