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As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
Benjamin Franklin
Silence
Word
Every
Must
Idle
Account
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Benjamin Franklin
Ignorance
Daughter
Admiration
Where liberty is, there is my country.
Benjamin Franklin
Liberty
Country
Where
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country.'
Benjamin Franklin
Love
God
Knowledge
Man
Rights
Liberty
Country
Philosopher
Earth
Thorough
Say
Only
Foot
Surface
His
May
Nations
Anywhere
Grant
Set
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Benjamin Franklin
Love
Will
Rivals
He
Himself
Falls
Who
Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.
Bernie Sanders
Socialism
Must
Wealthy
Economy
Democratic
Very
Just
Create
Means
Works
I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.
Boris Johnson
Elvis
Minister
Finding
Prime
Prime Minister
Becoming
Frisbee
Being
Much
Chance
My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.
Boris Johnson
Myself
Opportunities
Indeed
Only
Disasters
Fresh
Discovered
Friends
Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.
Brad Henry
Life
Education
Great
Living
Earning
Solely
Great Life
About
Means
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
Chanakya
Heart
Mind
Rise
Purity
Divine
Senses
Who
Platform
Compassionate
Desires
Needed
Speech
There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.
Chanakya
Man
Fly
Poison
Mouth
Wicked
Sting
Fang
Serpent
Saturated
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
Chanakya
Family
Be Happy
Grief
Happy
Fear
Members
Attached
Attachment
He
Thus
Discard
Sorrow
Overly
His
Family Members
Experiences
Root
Should
Who
Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.
Charlie Dent
Freedom
Sometimes
Take For Granted
Sacrifice
Enjoy
Earned
Our
Liberties
Members
Through
Price
Take
Armed
Come
Armed Forces
Forces
Without
Does
Ultimate
Been
Ultimate Sacrifice
America
May
Paid
Granted
Many
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.
Charlie Gonzalez
Success
Dignity
Nation
Other
Ways
Citizens
Lifetime
Retire
Countless
Families
Contributing
Senior
Senior Citizens
After
Working
Deserve
Raising
It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.
Christine Gregoire
Future
Live
Our
Future Generations
Worthy
Generations
Leave
Left
Up
Legacy
Children
Us
Small acts of decency ripple in ways we could never imagine.
Cory Booker
Ripple
Decency
Ways
Small
Could
Never
Acts
Imagine
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.
Dolores Ibarruri
Better
Coward
Wife
Hero
Than
Widow
It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction, to start a ripple of change.
Donna Brazile
Change
Ripple
Conviction
Takes
Person
Moment
Start
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
Ed Koch
Good
Me
Self-Respect
You
Believe
Back
Punch
Punching
Bag
I'm looking for the best person irregardless of political party, of race or religion, or color of their skin. Those things don't matter to me. I want someone who's qualified, who has a qualification to character and the integrity to do the things that have to be done to save this world.
Edward Brooke
Best
Character
Religion
Me
Integrity
World
Political
Matter
Looking
Party
Skin
Those
Someone
Color
Qualification
Qualified
Political Party
Person
Done
Want
Race
Who
Things
Save
My son is a blessing in every way.
Elizabeth Emken
Blessing
Son
Every
Way
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
Everett Dirksen
Man
First
Principles
Am
Times
Fixed
Which
Flexible
We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, and that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.
Hillary Clinton
People
Abortion
Own
About
Argue
Make
Because
Always
Pro-Choice
Going
Controversial
Want
Choice
Choices
Hard
Why
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Alone
Will
Wish
Others
Way
Ourselves
Must
Join
Test
Then
Us
Such A Way
March
Set
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fears
Poverty
Liberalism
Emancipation
Above
His
Discrimination
Prejudice
Means
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Government
Neighbor
Impersonal
Never
Hand
Replace
Helping
Helping Hand
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