Ed Crane Quotes
The Third Way is simply a different route to the same destination. Ultimately, the choice is always between individual human liberty and the power of government to control our lives.
Quotes to Explore
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
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My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.
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The world may be driven by the same ancient impulses. We will continue to see human struggles and successes. We will witness human glory and tragedies.
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The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.
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Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.
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As a press secretary and on 'The Five,' I've learned that I have a choice in how I answer a question. There's combative or productive - I get to take my pick.
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The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
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All sports should get support from the government and corporate bodies.
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President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
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When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice.
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I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.
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Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.
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Most of the members are positively corrupt, and the others are really singularly incompetent.
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I think getting up every morning is the most amazing thing any of us do. We know what's out there, and yet we keep going.
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Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.
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The Third Way is simply a different route to the same destination. Ultimately, the choice is always between individual human liberty and the power of government to control our lives.
