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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
Alexander Hamilton
Men
Oppose
Those
Had
Merely
Because
Been
May
Often
Dislike
Agency
Planned
Planning
Whom
Thing
Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
B. R. Ambedkar
Life
Democracy
Equality
Liberty
Political
Unless
Way
Fraternity
Lies
Principles
Does
Cannot
Which
Mean
Social
Social Democracy
Means
Base
Last
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
Benjamin Franklin
Finance
Good
World
Worth
Bad
Good Ones
Bad Habits
Net
Net Worth
Determined
Remains
Habits
After
Your
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry
Jealous
Freedom
You
Liberty
Will
Nothing
Guard
Approaches
Everyone
Ruined
Give
Attention
Force
Inevitably
Up
Suspect
Whenever
Unfortunately
Public
Who
Downright
Jewel
Preserve
Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
Antonio Villaraigosa
Me
Law
Police
Politician
Criminal
Our
Above
No-One
Priest
Clear
Police Officer
Accountable
Officer
Actions
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Benjamin Franklin
Inspirational
Today
Worth
Tomorrows
Two
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
John Buchan
Hope
Elusive
Charm
Attainable
Pursuit
Occasions
Perpetual
Fishing
Series
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
Sam Rayburn
Good
Build
Down
Kick
Carpenter
Takes
Any
Barn
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
Chanakya
Good
Wind
Goodness
Fragrance
Direction
Only
Directions
Spreads
Person
Flowers
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
Jack Layton
Love
Hope
Change
Anger
Love Is
World
Fear
Better
Change The World
Despair
Hopeful
Friends
Optimism
Optimistic
Than
Loving
Us
Let Us
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
Shirley Chisholm
You
Progress
Complaining
Sidelines
Implementing
Ideas
Make
Standing
If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Shirley Chisholm
You
Folding
Table
Give
Chair
Seat
Bring
The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Jeff Miller
Gratitude
Veterans
Sacrifice
Country
Lasting
Earned
Our
Willingness
Memorial Day
America
Them
Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.
Pratibha Patil
Government
Good
Together
Corruption
People
Enemy
Achieve
National
Must
Objective
Both
Development
Come
Got
Governance
Rid
Large
Good Governance
Every generation inherits a world it never made; and, as it does so, it automatically becomes the trustee of that world for those who come after. In due course, each generation makes its own accounting to its children.
Robert Kennedy
Generation
World
Made
Own
Every
Those
Never
Come
Course
Makes
Becomes
Does
Due
Accounting
Children
After
Automatically
Who
Each
Each Generation
No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
Aneurin Bevan
Heart
Hatred
Party
Tory
Seduction
Attempts
Concerned
Am
Eradicate
Vermin
Than
Burning
Social
Far
Ethical
Lower
Deep
Amount
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.
Tim Holden
Racism
Society
Consequences
Ramifications
Responsibilities
Citizenship
Examine
Indifference
Powerful
Stereotyping
Forces
Inaction
Confront
Us
Holocaust
Prejudice
Illustrate
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
Alexander Hamilton
Mistake
Nervous
Adjusted
Well
Without
Makes
Person
Same
Getting
Who
Twice
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
Benjamin Franklin
God
Man
Honest Man
Lawyer
Wonders
Behold
Then
Works
Now
Now And Then
Honest
When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.
Christopher Dodd
Rights
Free
Free Press
Free Speech
Other
Press
Liberties
Threatened
Risk
Know
Dear
Endangered
Hold
Public
Right
Speech
I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.
David Cameron
Life
Best
Needs
You
Do The Right Thing
Focus
Believe
Right Thing
Give
Do Your Best
Done
The Right Thing
Shot
Your
Popular
Right
Thing
Things
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Robert Kennedy
Freedom
Man
Diversity
Heritage
Our
Intolerant
Religious
Religious Freedom
Inspired
Answer
Ultimately
Very
America
Which
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
Alexander Hamilton
Democracy
Liberty
Despotism
Extremes
Neither
Real
Governments
Moderate
Found
I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.
John McCain
God
Sunset
Believe
Evolution
See
Hike
Also
Hand
Grand
Grand Canyon
Canyon
But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.
Nick Lampson
Veterans Day
Day
Patriotism
Opportunity
Veterans
Past
Believe
Our
Embodied
More
Take
Re-Evaluate
Sing
How
Praises
Than
Bravery
In The Past
Should
Present
Treating
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Al Franken
Life
Mistake
Mistakes
Others
Unless
Way
Life Lessons
Only
Part
Learn
Learned
Least
Precious
Precious Life
Human
Being
Which
Being Human
Your
Hard
Lessons
Hard Way
Fatal
Appreciate
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