Edmund Morris Quotes
...The peculiarity about him is that he has what is essentially a boy's mind. What he thinks he says at once, says aloud. It is his distinguishing characteristic, and I don't know as he will ever outgrow it. But with it he has great qualities which make him an invaluable public servant--inflexible honesty, absolute fearlessness, and devotion to good government which amounts to religion. We must let him work his way, for nobody can induce him to change it
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What we won't become is a 'Democratic Party lite!' We are a party that wants smaller government and lower taxes. Obama and the Democrats do not. We are a party that wants to encourage small business. We are a party that has a large constituent group that believes in a social agenda and we will not abandon them.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for getting in the way, actively, of the fossil fuel industry and preventing them from destroying our chances of a future on a livable planet? It's not a replacement.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
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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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America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.
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The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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Criminals gravitate into government positions like natural law.
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We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.
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Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.
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We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.
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Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.
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I personally believe that our planet would be absolutely fine without religion, and I also feel we are evolving in that direction.
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The government has taken a very wrong decision. They have put all ethics of transparency and justice aside. The manner in which the bidding and contracting out to private consortiums has been conducted has raised serious doubts about the legality of the process.
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I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.
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In my 20s, I wanted to be hot; now I want to be healthy.
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I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?
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People hate searching.
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...The peculiarity about him is that he has what is essentially a boy's mind. What he thinks he says at once, says aloud. It is his distinguishing characteristic, and I don't know as he will ever outgrow it. But with it he has great qualities which make him an invaluable public servant--inflexible honesty, absolute fearlessness, and devotion to good government which amounts to religion. We must let him work his way, for nobody can induce him to change it
